Cape Town - The surge in child mortality figures in the Ukhahlamba area in the Eastern Cape at the beginning of the year was due to poor health standards, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. DA spokesperson on Health Mike Waters said a report by the task team investigating the deaths showed that the high mortality rate was not due to contaminated water as earlier suggested. "These documents paint a grim and depressing picture of health services in this part of the Eastern Cape. It is clear that no particular disease outbreak led to the spike in baby deaths in the district earlier this year, but rather that the health service available was simply hopelessly defective," he said in a statement. The report, released to the DA by...
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