Trauma cases spike after restrictions eased

With lockdown restrictions eased this festive season trauma cases surged.  

Gauteng’s Emergency Services department said the number of trauma cases were almost as high as those seen pre-Covid.  

The country’s biggest hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath in Johannesburg was almost filled to capacity several times from the end of November 2021.  

Rianté Padayachee reports.