Mon May 20 18:20:50 SAST 2013
Mon May 20 18:20:50 SAST 2013

No water in hospital

Feb 20, 2012 | Sapa | 17 comments

PATIENTS at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria have not been bathed or cleaned for five days because there is no water, the Democratic Alliance said yesterday.

"For almost a week now, family and friends of patients are being forced to bring two-litre water bottles to the hospital in an attempt to assist with the problem," DA Gauteng social development spokeswoman Hendrika Kruger.

She said the reason for the problem was a fault with the hospital's valve system.

"This situation requires immediate action by the health department since patients' wounds are not being cleaned ... and this could spread infection and pose a serious risk to patients' lives," Kruger said.

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Mon May 20 18:20:50 SAST 2013 ::
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Feb 20, 2012

rasefatee

Dr motswaledi where are you patiants are dying is it possible to fix a faulty valve for 5 days that is the reason i could not affort to cancel my dedical aid a big no
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Feb 20, 2012

Shredder

"She said the reason for the problem was a fault with the hospital's valve system"

Maintenance maintenance maintenance is very important.

We gonna see k@k in South Africa. While people are pocketing our money (taxpayers), they forget about delivery and essential services. Things are busy getting rotten because there is no maintenance of anything. They let things to get messed up first and then be reactive.

I am not voting for that party(ANC) anymore.
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Feb 20, 2012

dik

Hospital management would rather sit on their fat, overpaid ar##s and go to a meeting than get anything "real" accomplished.
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Feb 20, 2012

OPZAZA















Are these people telling us that things like this cannot be planned for? i mean, every hospital should have a contigency plan for situations where there is no electricity, water, shortage in medicine supply, etc. i thought that the fixings of thing likes water, electricity, and other things that put the lives at risk is suppose to be regarded as an emergency. What is happening here? This case need to be investigated throughly.








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Feb 20, 2012

Reyataz

Viva ANC! Forward with corruption, infrastructure decay and incompetence!
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Feb 20, 2012

MommaC

Does this make anyone confident about NHI ?
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Feb 20, 2012

MOGWANTIWARUSTENBURG

what is happening in SA almost every hospital in each province has problems,i mean really now
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Feb 20, 2012

Bebesocs

Dear ANC, I warn you never ever let down the people who voted you and the very people you say must pay national insurance, nurses from 1994 went on strike because of the equipment and conditions they were working under so much was said to the nurses and obedient nurses went back and worked under such conditions, today I mean today nothing has improved , shortage still the same I mean shortage of everything there is anarchy, for example Eastern Cape hospitals are struggling remember the Frere hospital and its problems, tata Zuma must just leave, South Africa need people like Mr Ramaphosa, Mr Mbeki, all this is tarnishing the image of South Africa, remember we lost our relatives fighting for our good livig not for this CORRUPTION. Where is service delivery?
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Feb 20, 2012

rasefatee

No contigency planning next the electricity blackout will also be 5 days because there is no backup generator to restore power at that particular hospital.
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Feb 20, 2012

chagos

Incompetence is not an option when the nation`s health is at stake. Does the ANC know this?
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