Chema Chema – The Mokgokolosa effect
Monday, April 15, 2024 | 100 Views |
You can wake up at 3am and get into a queue and get queuing card number 237.
This means you have to make a call to your family to bring blankets as you will probably get to see the doctor (if there’s any) after a few days. So this means if you are pregnant by the time you see a doctor you will already be having a one little, screaming companion barely three days old so there would be no need to see the doctor. Chema Chema, which is a programme for the downtrodden to access funding, has made Princess Marina Hospital queue look like an apology of a queue. Almost half the country trooped to the application point.
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