Fire risk at Gauteng’s public hospitals is high as only 2 out of 37 hospitals have valid fire clearance certificates, mostly because they don’t have floor plans and adequate fire detection systems. This alarming information is disclosed by Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo Ralehoko in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
The Gauteng department of health has urged those with missing family members to come forward as 938 unclaimed and unidentified bodies lie in the province’s mortuaries.
A would-be patient who threw “urine” at staff from a clinic in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni, has drawn condemnation from the Gauteng department of health, which has launched an inquiry.
‘We have lost dedicated soldiers of the Tambo Memorial Hospital community,’ say bereaved colleagues of the 12 healthcare workers who lost their lives following the tragic Boksburg tanker explosion on 24 December 2022.