a) A total of 28,000 beds that were announced are those that had been repurposed for use for COVID-19. All the 28,000 beds are additional to normal capacity, which have been adjusted from their normal use to respond to COVID-19 hospitalisation.
b) According to the approved Departmental surge strategy for Covid-19, 80% of the general beds and 100% of the ICU will be available for admission of Covid-19 patients at peak. This excludes Psychiatric, TB, highly specialised hospitals, Private Day Hospitals, Sub-Acute and StepDown facilities). The existing hospital beds during the peak are as shown in the table below:
Province |
(i) Normal Capacity beds both Non-ICU and ICU |
(ii) Additional capacity beds |
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Non-ICU beds |
ICU beds |
Non-ICU beds |
ICU beds |
|
EC |
12777 |
410 |
2993 |
312 |
FS |
6573 |
235 |
642 |
40 |
GP |
30152 |
2343 |
7309 |
2542 |
KZN |
26358 |
1092 |
1930 |
163 |
LP |
7905 |
113 |
93 |
70 |
MP |
6848 |
203 |
874 |
302 |
NW |
4624 |
187 |
1358 |
96 |
NC |
2239 |
42 |
1582 |
182 |
WC |
11327 |
991 |
1532 |
117 |
Sub Totals |
108803 |
5616 |
18313 |
3824 |
Total |
114 418 |
22 137 |
||
136 555 |
c) The field beds that are allocated to the hospitals per province as additional bed capacity are reflected here below:
Provinces |
No of field beds |
EC |
8200 |
FS |
2352 |
GP |
2500 |
KZN |
1156 |
MP |
2440 |
NW |
1250 |
NC |
200 |
WC |
1268 |
National Total |
19366 |
END.