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THE entrance to the state hospital was reminiscent of a street market. There were vendors aplenty, selling anything from boerewors rolls to vuvuzelas and football shirts. There were also taxis aplenty and clearly transporting the sick and injured to and from the hospital was good business. Taxis were also making a mint out of transporting loved ones to and from the hospital — to the extent that the area immediately in front of the entrance, ostensibly protected by yellow lines, was a crush of vehicles jostling for the best spot, closest to the doors….BUSINESS DAY