TEMBISA HOSPITAL TO UNDERGO RENOVATION

Hopsital View- The MEC for Infrastructure in Gauteng Tasneem Motara has announced that Tembisa Tertiary Hospital will be refurbished at a cost of nearly R168 million.

In terms of building standards the hospital was the worst and was falling short of the expected building performance. The following units of the hospital will be renovated: theatres; psychiatric areas; emergency areas; paediatric wards; ICU and X-ray areas; electro-mechanical elements (lifts, boilers and air-conditioning); stores; kitchen; dining; laundry; blood bank; out-patients department; wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13; male, surgical and burns wards; operating department and endoscopy as well as flammable stores.

The tender for the project has been advertised and will be handed over to the winning bidder by December this year. The project is to be complete by September 2020.