Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire: Patients relocated to neighbouring facilities

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Spokesperson Kwara Kekana said patients were being relocated, and details about the number of patients that have so far been moved to neighbouring hospitals would be confirmed later on Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng health department said details about the relocation of patients who have been evacuated from the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital would be revealed in due course.

The fire broke out on Friday after a storeroom for medical supplies caught fire at around 11:30 in the morning but was contained by the afternoon.READ: 3rd floor parking collapses as Charlotte Maxeke Hospital blaze continues Department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said, “We began evacuating patients early evening yesterday. At some point in the afternoon, we evacuated patients in the hospital from one ward to another, and then we took a decision to then evacuate patients out of the hospital to our sister hospitals around the province. That operation is still underway, we are still evacuating more patients out of the hospital.

 

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