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<tbody><tr><td style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br>Good morning all
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The National Government has concluded a transaction with all Private Hospitals to care for excess COVID-19 patients that the Public hospitals cannot care for due to sheer numbers.
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What does this mean for our residents?
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1. The Government clearly understands the seriousness of this pandemic. This virus spreads exponentially and it will soon overwhelm public hospital ICU capacity. South Africa needs more ICU hospital beds urgently.
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2. Our residents need to urgently understand the reality of this very fast spreading highly contagious virus. Why would anyone needlessly expose oneself to this virus by allowing family visits, or encouraging domestic staff to return to work, or by leaving the safety of our villages for unnecessary trips?
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It is Evergreen policy that our villages remain on lock down. This policy is supported by government legislation which clearly states:-
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1. That people over the age of 60 should remain at home, other than for essential trips.
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2. No visitors are allowed into retirement villages.
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The law is very clear.
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The science (of this virus) is abundantly clear.
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Evergreen will do anything, within our control, to help you stay safely at home. Ask us if you need assistance with anything.
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Why put your own life at risk?
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Why put your village community at risk?
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Soon we will reach the peak of this pandemic and then things will start to slowly improve.
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Please stay home and stay safe.
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Best wishes
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Garry Reed
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>From the Daily Maverick, dated 8 June 2020:-
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The South African government has agreed how much it will pay private hospitals and medical practitioners to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients if public hospitals run out of space, a senior health official told Reuters.
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The SA government has been in talks for months with private firms and medical associations ahead of a probable scenario where public hospitals run out of critical care beds.
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Agreement has been reached on a daily fee of up to 16,000 rand ($950) for COVID-19 patients that get treated in critical care beds in private hospitals, said Anban Pillay, the health ministry’s deputy director-general for national health insurance.
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The fee includes the cost of using the bed, paying a team of specialists to treat the patient and additional services including pathology and radiology.
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Now that high-level terms have been agreed with the private sector, health departments in the country’s nine provinces will sign “service-level” agreements, Pillay said.
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Estimates vary widely as to how many critical care beds there are in the country.
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A ministry presentation in April put the total at around 3,300, with two-thirds of those in the private sector. Healthcare provider Netcare estimates there are some 6,000 beds, with around 3,800 in private hospitals.
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South Africa had recorded 45,973 cases of the new coronavirus as of Saturday, the most in Africa, with the number rising more steeply in recent weeks.
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As of late May, around 1,100 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised, but it is not clear how many were in critical care.
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Pillay said he expected the Western Cape provincial health department would use critical care beds in private hospitals soon, followed by the Eastern Cape. The Western Cape accounts for 66% of the country’s cases and the Eastern Cape 12%.
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“Given the situation in the Western Cape it was important we close this matter,” Pillay said.
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Ends.
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