MAHIKENG - A healthcare crisis could be unfolding in the North West.
Bophelong Hospital is reportedly plagued by staff shortages, surgery delays, lack of medication, and operational dysfunction.
A DA councillor describes the situation as dire.
The North West Health Department has acknowledged a crisis at Bophelong Hospital.
The facility is short of nurses and is struggling to carry out surgeries.
Tebogo Lekgethwane, Director of Media and Communications at the North West Department of Health, discussed this with eNCA.