Lack of ambulances in EC cripple access to healthcare

Patients from the rural Eastern Cape are complaining about the unreliable Emergency Medical Services to access healthcare facilities.

Their main concern is the frequent late arrival of emergency services at accident scenes.

While some say they have to pay transport fares from their own pockets to ferry patients to public hospitals.

Willovale residents say paying to access health facilities has become a norm in their area.

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