Picture: The park homes delivered at Christiana Hospital/Supplied
By OBAKENG MAJE
A temporary structure to the value of R41 million has been erected at the Christiana Hospital. The North West Department of Health spokesperson, Tebogo Lekgethwane said they have brought in park homes to restore critical health care services to the community.
Lekgethwane said it was necessary to implement the project after the fire ravaged the hospital a few years ago.
“This project was necessitated by the closure of the hospital due to the fire. The project’s intention is to restore critical healthcare services to the community. The practical completion date of this project is estimated before the end of the first quarter of 2024.
“The park homes are to serve as a temporary hospital to restore critical health care services. This project is implemented by the North West Department of Health and does not fall under the maintenance work project at the hospital, which is done by the national department,” he said.
Lekgethwane further said a maintenance works at Christiana Hospital is a project of the National Department of Health (DoH) that is implemented by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). He added that this is the project that was damaged by a fire and where litigation was instituted.
“So, the department is not privy to information in this regard. Details on this project should be requested from and verified with the national department. Also, the cost for maintenance work done at the hospital should be requested either from the national department or DBSA.
“Investigations in terms of the fire fall under the maintenance work project implemented by DBSA on behalf of the national department. So, details should also be requested from and verified with the national department as we are not privy to this information,” said Lekgethwane.
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