Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu announced that the UMkhomazi multi-billion water project has been revived and is now in progress. Image: iStock
Gauteng Health facilities AFFECTED by water supply issues
Gauteng Health Department has reported a number of its facilities in the province have experienced water supply issues.
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu announced that the UMkhomazi multi-billion water project has been revived and is now in progress. Image: iStock
The Gauteng Health Department has reported that since Wednesday afternoon, a number of its facilities in the province have experienced water supply issues.
Low water levels in Dunkeld Reservoir are the cause of the water shortage.
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Health facilities affected
Among the affected facilities are Johannesburg’s Helen Joseph Hospital, Ekurhuleni’s Pholosong Hospital, and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.
The Intensive Care Unit, Accident and Emergency Department, and several units are reportedly affected, according to Health Department spokesperson Motalatale Modiba.
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The facility management is closely monitoring the situation and has put in place measures to divert Priority 1 (emergency and critical) and Priority 2 (urgent but stable) patients to other facilities when necessary.
“Rahima Moosa has been having inconsistent water supply as of 6 September due to Hursthill 1 Reservoir being critically affected. Johannesburg Water has committed to dispatching water tankers in the two health facilities to minimise the impact on services. In addition, technicians from the Department of Infrastructure Development are currently monitoring the water level in the hospital tanks while waiting for water tankers, ” said Modiba.
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Due to Rand Water’s Mapleton pump station malfunction, the water supply issues at Pholosong Hospital started on Thursday.
What are they doing to solve the problem?
“The hospital water reservoirs are very low, which means the main reservoirs do not have sufficient water to pump into the feeder tank, which then supplies the hospital. The hospital has since put measures which include the City of Ekurhuleni providing water tankers, hospital diversion to afford the hospital intermittent relief on all patients, especially Priority 1 patients and high-risk maternity and postponing elective surgeries,” said Modiba.
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