{"id":294599,"date":"2025-11-20T10:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=294599"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:43:44","slug":"drastic-change-is-sorely-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/drastic-change-is-sorely-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Drastic change is sorely needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Concerned person of the Lejweleputswa District:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am utterly disappointed with the level of service rendered at the Bongani Regional Hospital on 14 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I arrived at the hospital at 13:48 at the casualty department for adults. I then had to go and fetch my file at reception, which took me more than 90 minutes.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a young woman who is clearly passionate about her work and then there was an older woman who was slow. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I say slow, I mean the younger woman would help about three to four people while the other woman would be stuck with one person.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am not mentioning names, but you can go and check who the two people that reported for work were.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"164\" data-attachment-id=\"294670\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/drastic-change-is-sorely-needed\/letter-new\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LETTER-NEW.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"497,164\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LETTER NEW\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vista letters briewe LOGO&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Vista Letters\/Briewe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LETTER-NEW.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LETTER-NEW.jpg\" alt=\"Vista letters briewe LOGO\" class=\"wp-image-294670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LETTER-NEW.jpg 497w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LETTER-NEW-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vista Letters\/Briewe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital promotes &#8220;Batho Pele&#8221;, but here patients will die while waiting to be assisted. 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