EFF North-West notes with utter dismay the inhumane placing of newborn babies inside cardboard boxes

26 May 2023

The Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) in North West notes with a grave concern the inhumane placing of new-born babies inside cardboard boxes instead of incubators at Bophelong Provincial Hospital, North West province.

The EFF strongly condemns the stripping of dignity of black children by the incapacitated and corrupt ANC government. This careless and useless government of the day is evidently hellbent on violating fundamental human rights to access quality healthcare.

It is a cause for concern that people living with disabilities, elderly persons, women, youth and newly-born babies are on the verge of murdered on their sick beds as a result of gross negligence and lack of political will to procure resources needed for effective and efficient running of the hospital.

The current situation in Bophelong Provincial Hospital is prima face evidence that the pseudo communist MEC for Health, Madoda Sambatha, lacks the appetite to provide adequate and quality access to healthcare.

What is more amiss in the recent budget speech, he illustrated his obsession with slogans and made no attempts to come up with cogent measures to alleviate the state of public health in North West.

The EFF will promptly lodge a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in light of the above mentioned unconstitutional and dehumanising act of misconduct.

Equally, we call for appropriate action to be taped against the hospital management for endangering the lives of vulnerable and helpless new-born babies.

Lastly, the EFF reminds the downtrodden communities of North West, whose plight has been ignored by the ANC to throw their weight behind the EFF as the only solution towards the betterment of their living conditions.

Issued by Shakes Botswe, Provincial Chairperson, EFF North West, 26 May 2023