“Public Hospitals Are Advertisements for Medical Aid”: South Africans Roast Healthcare System
- A man took to his TikTok account and showed how poor and broken the public hospital service is
- In the video, the young gent pretended to be a patient at a public hospital where he experienced the poorest of help
- The online community reacted to the clip, with many laughing and others saying this is a real issue that needs to be addressed
Source: UGC
@yungearn found a funny way to demonstrate the shuttered system in public hospitals. In the TikTok video he uploaded, he pretends to be a very sick patient. He went to a public hospital where he was told to wait for a doctor.
After three hours, he was called in. The doctor asked him what was wrong. After telling him, he was told to go to the waiting area again. Without being attended to for five hours, he was asked to return the following day as no doctors were on duty anymore.
The next day, it's the same process. He was told to go to take an X-ray. He was told that his appointment was in three months. He returned after those months and was told that his results would return in five months.
The guy said that government hospitals will make you wish you had the money for private hospitals.
"Public Hospitals are like Advertisements for Medical Aid ."
Man shows poor service in SA's public hospitals
Watch the TikTok video below:
TikTokkers laughed at the video
The video garnered over 500k views, with many online users finding the video funny and bashing the government for poor services in the same breath.
@QueenKaren shared:
"Public hospital and Home Affairs. The worst part about public hospital is 70% of patients are not even South African!!!"
@lovely lovey pointed:
"We laugh but this is serious."
@Bells felt it:
"How accurate is this."
@Chantelle said:
"Government hospitals they do not care about the people."
Public hospital ignores patience
In another story, Briefly News reported on a public hospital staff member who ignored patients in distress.
In a startling TikTok video that has sparked public outcry, a South African woman documents a distressing incident at Lenasia South government hospital. The footage reveals a moment of desperation as the woman, in need of medical attention, confronts seemingly indifferent staff.
Source: Briefly News
