It will cost the health department about R356m to ensure clinics and hospitals are not affected by load-shedding, said health minister Joe Phaahla in a briefing on the related national state of disaster.
engaging with the National Treasury and external donors for financial support to acquire much-needed resources for such facilities.
Phaahla welcomed the disaster management regulations, which he said would help to “accelerate the implementation of immediate, necessary, practical interventions to minimise the impact of load-shedding on the provision of essential health services”. “The state of disaster will enable the government to exempt not only essential health services and infrastructure such as hospitals, but also water treatment plants, from load-shedding. Water supply gets affected in most health facilities as water pumps use electricity,” he said.
“While the situation has not necessarily led to the loss of life, this will bring about necessary intervention in improving the quality of health-service provision at our facilities.”
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