According to Phaahla, the detailed reopening plan, with stipulated milestones, would see the opening of the gynaecology and maternity section at the end of March next year, paediatrics reopening in July 2023, surgery in October and internal medicine in November 2023. The entire hospital would be up to 100% capacity by December next year.
Hospital CEO Gladys Bogoshi said the latest technology had been sought and experts engaged in the restoration process. The hospital was no longer a walk-right-through facility and had been sectioned off so that areas could be compartmentalised in cases of emergency. In terms of safety, security gates at wards had been done away with and “replaced by warm body security or CCTV cameras”.
The hospital staff complement was set at 5,500, with 653 vacancies, or 11%, with “a lot of new people starting at the end of this month”. She said fire-retardant materials had been used in the rebuilding process, fire doors had been installed and the city had given them the thumbs-up in terms of occupational health and safety compliance.
When quizzed on what action had been taken to address delays caused by security failures, damaged equipment and deadlines that had been missed and delayed, and the public’s loss of confidence in the promised restoration of the hospital, Phaahla insisted that though there had been “delays and some gaps that need closing”, he felt that all major concerns had been addressed.
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