• S. Afr. Med. J. · Oct 2021

    Case Reports

    COVID-19 complications in a small-town hospital in South Africa.

    • G Coci and B L Rayner.
    • Consultant physician, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. brian.rayner@uct.ac.za.
    • S. Afr. Med. J. 2021 Oct 8; 111 (11): 1046-1049.

    AbstractSouth Africa has experienced three deadly waves of the COVID-19 pandemic with devastating consequences, but little is known about the experiences in small-town hospitals in the country. Between May 2020 and June 2021, author GC treated ~100 confirmed COVID-19 cases. This retrospective case series report describes 10 of these cases, 7 with unusual complications and 3 with sudden death.

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