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COVID-19: Alcohol ban will increase ICU capacity, but is not a long term solution – experts say

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The reinstatement of the ban on the sale of alcohol may have come as a surprise to many, but evidence suggest that it will have a significant impact on trauma and hospital capacity in the coming weeks. Elna Schütz investigates.

COVID-19: Alcohol ban will increase ICU capacity, but is not a long term solution – experts say

#Whatitslike: Heading up Charlotte Maxeke’s Emergency Department in the time of COVID-19

Posted in: Gauteng, Latest

Professor Feroza Motara remembers how she felt when the Minister of Health announced in February that the hospital where she works would become a designated COVID-19 hospital. Melissa Javan interviewed her about life and work on the frontlines of South Africa’s COVID-19 response.