Community suffers amid corruption scandal

BETRAYAL OF TRUST

- SIYABONGA SITHOLE

THE Tembisa Hospital's Accident and Emergency Unit remain closed more than six months since the April blaze.

(ITUMELENG ENGLISH Independent Media)

AS YOU enter Tembisa Hospital, you are greeted by the Accident and Emergency Unit, which was gutted in April by a fire, reportedly started by a security guard at the hospital.

There’s been no visible progress after the Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH) indicated that repairs to both buildings would cost R14 million. On the left of the hospital’s entrance, through the security gates towards the reception area, windows are covered with what looks like white linen sheets instead of curtains.

In some parts, plumbing is an issue, as water leaked from where the laboratory services is situated.

Walking through the corridors, into the hospital, it looked clean and neat, until you get to the men’s toilets, which was in complete darkness.

There is a semblance of functionality at the hospital with workers and members of the community coming in and out.