Free State health authorities transferred 21 critical care patients to nearby private hospitals after cable theft at Bongani Regional Hospital in Welkom in the early hours of Friday.
The provincial health authorities received information shortly after midnight that the electricity feeder cable to the 450-bed hospital had been stolen. Eskom officials worked throughout the early morning hours to restore supply.
Authorities moved seven patients from the neonatal ICU, nine patients from the neonatal high care unit, a patient from the paediatric ICU and four patients from the ICU.
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