The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the cracks in our hospitals and other medical infrastructure. With the third wave, a surge of infections wreaking havoc in Gauteng, the need for more beds and oxygen supplies became an urgent need.
The Muslim Association of South Africa (MASA) has converted a clinic in Norwood, Johannesburg, into a COVID-19 facility to assist in fighting the disease in the area.
In an interview on Radio Islam International, Yaseen Theba, MASA chairperson, sheds more light on the facility.