Fifty eight health care facilities affected by heavy rains | Witness

About 58 healthcare facilities in eThekwini, iLembe, Ugu, Umgungundlovu, and King Cetshwayo districts were severely affected by the floods. | WitnessKZN

The roof, floors and fencing of these buildings have been damaged. The heavy rainfall has left almost 400 people dead and thousands homeless.

“Due to the shortage of water and related sanitation challenges, our environmental health practitioners are monitoring clinical statistics for early identification of any water-borne or diarrheal diseases. It added that damage to critical infrastructure such as roads, water and power supply systems continues to pose further challenges to the restoration of normal operations at some of these healthcare facilities.

“We have made arrangements to accommodate these staffers at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, St Mary’s Marrianhill, and Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital”.

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