Load shedding is affecting the delivery of health services across Gauteng and the provincial health department has run out of money to buy diesel
. This has resulted in delays in attending to patients because the generators which provide back-up power and IT equipment are damaged. Water tankers are not working as well as a result.
In a written reply to DA's questions on Wednesday, Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said the shortage of diesel was as a result of the extended periods of load shedding. The Jubilee District Hospital, Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital and Far East Rand Regional Hospital had run out of funds to buy diesel. Nkomo-Ralehoko said 20 clinics in Tshwane and 51 clinics on the West Rand were also affected.
Jack Bloom, the DA's spokesperson on health, said it was inexcusable that so many hospitals and clinics had run out of diesel.
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