Johannesburg - The Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, announced that the department is working on plans to build a new 300-bed Kempton Park District Hospital.
Nkomo-Ralehoko, in response to questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, disclosed this about the old Kempton Park Hospital, which closed its doors more than two decades ago due to re-prioritisation and streamlining of services.
The department said that given the growing population in the Kempton Park area, there is now a need for a higher level of care facility.
Communities near the old facility receive services at primary health facilities such as Kempton Park Civic Centre Clinic, Spartan Clinic, Birchleigh North Clinic, and Birchleigh Clinic, with patients who needed further management being transferred to Tembisa Hospital.
"MEC Nkomo-Ralehoko indicated that the Gauteng Department of Health has since engaged the Gauteng Infrastructure Funding Agency (GIFA) to assist with the funding proposals for the demolition of the old facility and the building of a new hospital," the department said.
It added that there are no time frames or budgets as of yet, as the proposal is still under consideration.
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