The Gauteng department of health has declined to comment on a police forensic report on the fire which led to the closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
'Warm bodyguards' and surveillance cameras rather than security gates; emergency phones that connect automatically to a control centre; fire doors that block smoke and heat and all staff trained in firefighting.'
Delay in reopening of Charlotte Maxeke as hospital awaits compliance certificate Updated
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The Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Parktown says it is ready to resume services following the destructive fire which broke out in the building some three weeks ago.
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The hospital is unable to open its doors to patients as it is still awaiting a certificate of compliance from the City of Johannesburg.
Acting CEO Makhosini Nyembe said on Monday morning that the hospital must still receive the certificate from the city. Where we are as a hospital, we are ready to resume services, subject to one certificate of compliance from the fire department at the City of Johannesburg.