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Ah, but then they would be admitted to the "special" ward/wing of the hospital. The place nobody else ever gets to see with blue light ambulance convoy right up to the door, nogal.
Slightly OT, but my father in law ended up in a public hospital when his medical aid ran out (it was not a very good medical aid). Some of the public hospitals now have a Folateng ward, a semi private ward where the patient is still responsible for some costs, but it is WAY cheaper than private hospitals. I was quite suprised. The ward was clean, staff were attentive and friendly, each bed had a TV, and the actual medical care was good.
In the most recent SAMJ (South African Medical Journal) they had a piece on the proposed NHI legislation. It seems that private hospitals won't be done away with but they may be legislated to offer only services which the government does NOT provide - ie if the state offers it, private may not.