Spokesperson claims contingency measures ensured continuity of care while medics say ICU lacked renal filters for two months. We have to ask whether Gauteng department of health spokesperson Steve Mabona may have been economical with the truth in his recent comments on an alleged crisis around dialysis treatment at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. However, as our main story today suggests, medics working at the hospital have an entirely different version of reality. Our source said the supply situation had been serious enough to compromise patient care over an extended period. However, what motivation would a hospital medic have to lie?