With the Covid-19 pandemic placing unprecedented demands on hospitals around the world, health authorities worry about an insufficient supply of ventilators, beds and staff to help those infected.
This initiative came after the company was approached by a private GP helping out at a well-known Cape Town hospital, expressing concerns about the lack of information about Covid-19 cases reaching hospitals. This prevents healthcare workers from knowing how many ventilators, beds and staff are required.The app enables local referring general practitioners to log cases.
The platform is currently being trialled by 70 doctors in the greater Cape Town City Bowl area and one hospital, and has been built to allow multiple hospitals to sign up within one day. The intention is for it to be scaled further across South Africa and beyond, although funding is required to enable this.