 (1).png){kind=spacer}
4 months ago
9
Belinda Pheto, Sithandiwe Velaphi and Aphelele Mbokotho
Share your Subscriber Article
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!
Loading, please wait...
Subscribers can listen to this article
News24 spoke to voters around the country about their pressing election issues. Today, we bring you stories of three households – a city family reliant on state healthcare, a rural family dependent on government clinics, and a middle-class family with medical aid. (Graphic: Sharlene Rood/News24)
Two years ago, a 42-year-old woman from Groblerpark, Roodepoort, paid a nurse R2 000 to bump her up the waiting list for an operation at Leratong Hospital.
The woman, who asked not to be named because she knows what she did was illegal, had been on the list for a year, waiting for an operation to remove fibroids from her uterus.
The legal secretary says she can't afford medical aid on her salary.
Read this for free
South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
Already a subscriber? Sign in
Next on News24
Nelson Mandela Bay risks losing millions in critical grant funding, ratepayers are not happy
4h ago
