Eastern Cape hospitals cut off over R67-million Telkom debt

Eastern Cape hospitals cut off over R67-million Telkom debt

By Anita Dangazele Health workers are using their own phones and airtime to make emergency calls and contact patients’ families. Telkom has shut down all landlines to Eastern Cape health facilities over a massive unpaid R67-million bill. Patients in the Eastern Cape are being left in the dark — and in danger — because the provincial department of health hasn’t paid Telkom. With more than R67-million owed, Telkom has cut off all landlines to ho…