Note to editors: Please find attached English soundbite by Dr Jack Bloom MPL.
While Johannesburg residents struggle with a water crisis, there are large puddles of water from leaking pipes in the basement of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital (CHJH).
This is what I saw when I visited the hospital this morning after receiving complaints from patients attending the nearby radiology department (see photos here, here, and video here).
It is disgraceful that the pipes and the basement have still not been repaired nearly five years after the fire that devastated the hospital in April 2021.
The basement is still closed even though there is a terrible parking shortage that forces sick people to walk long distances to the hospital.
Meanwhile, large amounts of water are wasted as thousands of Joburg residents suffer without reliable water.
The DA will continue to push for the complete rehabilitation of CMJH, which has taken far too long due to poor management and probable corruption.
With proper leadership, this hospital can be fixed to provide quality healthcare to patients.