Health MEC blames vandalism for delay in opening casualty at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
8 March 2022
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi has blamed vandalism for the delay in reopening the Accident and Emergency Unit at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital (CMJH).
She was responding today to my questions for oral reply at a sitting of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.
According to Mokgethi, they are awaiting the handover of the A & E Unit from the contractors as they had to replace what was vandalised. The Unit will then be cleaned and made ready for patients which she hopes will occur before the end of this month.
Another ward is being prepared for adult psychiatric patients as the previous ward was in the fire-damaged area.