Needle shortage plunges E Cape hospitals into crisis

The busiest Eastern Cape hospitals have run out of syringe needles, leaving doctors struggling to resuscitate patients, draw blood and get medicine from ampoules. Desperate managers have been scrambling for needles and obtained some supplies from rural hospitals, but this puts these facilities at risk of running out as well.

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