If this doesn’t illustrate the severity of the second wave crisis then nothing does. A private hospital has set up a 10-bed holding area in its undercover parking lot to cope with an increasing number of people seeking medical care in Pretoria. Life Eugene Marais Hospital has bolstered capacity in a bid to limit any delays in treating patients arriving at its emergency unit. Dr Angelique Coetzee who heads up the SA Medical Association, speaks more on this.