Ministry denies COVID patient not fed for four days

The Ministry of Health has emphatically denied claims that a COVID-19 patient at the Infectious Diseases  Hospital at Liliendaal was not fed for four days.

“The Ministry has undertaken an urgent investigation upon receipt of these complaints; the findings reveal that the patient has been provided with meals daily in accordance with the care plan that was designed for his medical manage-ment,” a statement pronounced last night.

The patient Kenneth Blounte had claimed via Facebook that he was not fed in four days.