Clinic damaged and ARVs stolen

The Eastern Cape health department has slammed the vandalising of the Walmer Gqeberha Clinic in Port Elizabeth and the theft of antiretroviral drugs vital to HIV-positive people at the weekend.

Eastern Cape health MEC Helen Sauls-August said: “The destruction of health facilities is a setback to government’s efforts to put primary healthcare facilities within communities.

“Community structures must rise against this criminality,” said Sauls-August. – ANA