Ubuntu Beds: Providing safe accommodation to healthcare-workers
When South African Kim Whitaker asked a doctor from Italy
what they would've done differently at the start of the pandemic there, he
responded, “I would have arranged accommodation for the doctors and
nurses in the now-closed hotels.” So that is what she's done.
We have all seen how COVID-19 has crippled the Italian health system.
Lombardy, a region in Northern Italy, was the epicentre of their coronavirus pandemic.
When South African Kim Whitaker asked a doctor from Lombardy
what they would've done differently at the start of the pandemic, he
responded, “I would have arranged accommodation for the doctors and
nurses in the now-closed hotels.”
Healthcare workers were exhausted and
unable to return home for fear of infecting their families, as a result,
they were sleeping poorly and burning out.
From this, Ubuntu Beds was founded in South Africa, offering rooms to nurses, doctors and healthcare workers around South Africa who are at the frontline of fighting the virus, so they may protect their own families and lower commute times.
Kim - who has herself been COVID-19 positive back in March - joins Brent Lindeque in this week's Good Things Guy podcast to talk about the journey.
Find out more about Ubuntu Beds on their website.
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