Broken air-con and flooding at Charlotte Maxeke hospital delays pet scans for cancer patients
30 November 2021
A PET scan machine used for diagnosing cancer patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital has been out of action for more than three weeks because of broken air-conditioning that causes it to overheat.
This was revealed today by Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi in an oral reply to my questions at a sitting of the Gauteng Legislature.
According to Mokgethi, 120 to 150 cancer patients have been adversely affected by the lack of PET scans at the hospital.
The air-conditioning unit has been overhauled and was due to be calibrated yesterday (Monday 29 November), but this could not be done because of flooding at the hospital from broken pipes.