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Patients suffer as Provincial incompetence leads to national take-over of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital repair by Jack Bloom - DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC
The Democratic Alliance welcomes the suspension of nine senior officials implicated in the R588 million refurbishment of the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital in the Far West Rand, but there needs to be political accountability for this scandal as well. The suspension of three officials from the Gauteng Health Department and six officials from the Infrastructure Development Department follows the recommendation of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) which found massive irregularities in the contracts for this project.
The Democratic Alliance is concerned that a generator failed yesterday at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital, trapping a child and a social worker in a lift for an hour before power was restored. It is unclear whether the power failure was due to load shedding as only Block 2 of the hospital was affected. Cancer patients were particularly inconvenienced as they had to go through Block 4 to reach the oncology unit.
The fire that destroyed R20m worth of equipment in a storeroom at the Carletonville Hospital in February this year was caused by arson, according to the findings of a fire brigade investigation.
The fire that broke out at Carletonville Hospital earlier this year was started intentionally, according to a forensic report. Traces of accelerant were found at the scene.