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A burst pipe on the roof level of Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital caused flooding and the evacuation of patients on Monday.

When the Sunday Times visited the hospital this week it found only a few patients and nurses in a single ward with 15 functional beds.

Despite a high number of Covid-19 infections, 31,521 out of 86,630 health workers employed by the Gauteng health department are not fully vaccinated.

The Gauteng health department pays R450,000 a month for repairs and maintenance of CCTV equipment.

The Gauteng health department pays R450,000 a month for repairs and maintenance of CCTV equipment.

Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi revealed that the department paid R2,6 billion for allegedly irregularly extended security contracts.

The Gauteng Department of Health annually spends millions on security at its health facilities based on contracts that expired in 2016 and have since been extended from month to month. Yet, theft, vandalism and reports of healthcare workers who work in fear at some health facilities continue. D...

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.

As World Sight Day approaches on 14 October, Gauteng faces the damning reality that thousands of cataract patients wait up to two years to receive the simple life-changing surgery.

At least 39 assaults involving mental health patients have occurred at the hospital since January last year.