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Patients endure a deadly wait for cancer treatment in Gauteng hospitals

Part one in GroundUp's video series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis.
MC-Ufrieda-Cancer-TAC option 3 Health activists take part in Cancer Crisis March on November 23, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The group marched to Premier David Makhura's offices to demand that he urgently establish a task team to address the cancer crisis in Gauteng, where waiting lists for time-sensitive and potentially life-saving cancer treatment last years. (Photo: Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)

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This video report reveals that many patients are dying while waiting for cancer treatment in Gauteng public hospitals.

First published by GroundUp.

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