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Miles writes:

I don't know if you recall the story. The Dispatch did an exposé of baby deaths at the EL Hospital complex due to poor hygiene control. No gloves, soap etc. in neonatal ward for months. Now it turns out that money was transferred elsewhere. Life is cheap in Africa.

Miles

Miles

Cuan MILES has been drawing for as long as he remembers. Trained as a graphic designer, his first job was as a layout assistant at Perskor in Johannesburg, where he…>

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© Miles | Jul 27, 2011 | Daily Dispatch

Dirty Governance at E London Hospital

BORN TO DIE: MILES picks up on a story which broke some time ago, about a flagrant lack of hygiene at the local hospital's neonatal ward which resulted in the avoidable deaths of a number of babies. Recent developments suggest that funds meant for soaps, gloves and other essential items were diverted 'for other purposes'. [See MILES' comments in the sideline column].