Fire-damaged hospital work 'on track'

The Gauteng department of health on Monday confirmed that remedial work to repair the fire-damaged Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is progressing well and remains on schedule.

- Oratile Mashilo

The hospital suffered significant damage in a fire in April 2021.

Since then, the department has made "significant strides" in restoring operations, with the hospital now operating at a bed capacity that exceeds pre-fire levels.

The repair project is being conducted in two phases.

Phase one focuses on repairing blocks 4 and 5 north, while phase two will involve hospital-wide fire compliance upgrades, which require R1.7 billion in funding.