Gauteng Health: Measures in place to mitigate disruptions due to closure of Charlotte Maxeke Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: The Gauteng Department of Health says it has put measures in place to minimise the disruption of healthcare services due to the fire at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Twitter: @GautengHealth The hospital has been temporarily closed following the fire that broke out at it special dispensary store on Friday. The blaze subsequently spread to other parts of the hospital and was only doused on Saturday. The department moved all patients to the nearest facilities. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng have called for an immediate investigation into the blaze.