Wits prof Guy Richards on potential Critical Care shortage; and kids back to school #BestofBizNews

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the worry was that health services would be overwhelmed. In Italy and New York, there was a time that the hospitals could not cope with the influx of critically ill patients, leading to difficult choices - who will be treated and who will die. In Wuhan and London, authorities have been able to respond quickly by building large hospitals and providing Intensive Care Units. As Covid-19 cases increase in South Africa, the big question is: Will our health services cope? Professor Emeritus at Wits University in Critical Care Guy Richards - who is advising at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital - told BizNews that Cape Town is already under pressure and he says private hospitals are going to have to be brought on board if the public hospitals are overrun. He also comments on whether it is safe for children to go back to school and whether there are effective treatments for Covid-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices