R1.1 billion to fix Charlotte Maxeke hospital
31 August 2021
The Gauteng Health Department has estimated that it will cost about R1.1 billion to fix the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital (CMJH) after the fire on 16 April this year, and is requesting the Solidarity Fund to assist.
This was disclosed last week at a meeting of the Gauteng Legislature Health Committee.
No date has yet been given, however, for the hospital to be fully repaired even if the money is obtained for the necessary building work.
I doubt whether R1.1 billion can be obtained from the Solidarity Fund which was set up at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. The Department itself is expecting no more than R200 million.