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HIV patient files lie on floor of disused clinic

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Medicines, patient files and medical equipment strewn across the floors of the Emmanuel Haven Wellness Centre. (Joseph Chirume, GroundUp)

Medicines, patient files and medical equipment strewn across the floors of the Emmanuel Haven Wellness Centre. (Joseph Chirume, GroundUp)

The medical files of patients with HIV have been left dumped on the floor of a closed HIV treatment centre in Port Elizabeth. The names of the patients are visible. There are also boxes of medicine strewn across rooms of the building.

The Emmanuel Haven Wellness Centre in Motherwell was founded in 2000. It treated many patients with HIV. In 2017 the Department of Health shut it down, citing safety reasons. Read More

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