Three-year closure for Cape Flats gangland resuscitation/trauma hospital

摘要

The Western Cape health department went to great lengths to outline its early decanting plans for patients and staff, but failed to placate a small army of alarmed stakeholders (including university undergraduates and registrars) who want the facility kept open during staged rebuilding.As of mid-September the official strategy was three-pronged: decommission the 200-bed G F Jooste, move most of the 531 staff members (including 75 medical officers and specialists) to the new Mitchells Plain district hospital (due for commissioning in June next year) and to Groote Schuur Hospital. A stand-alone, 30 overnight-bed emergency facility would be built alongside the existing Heideveld Community Health Centre to cater for the high load of mainly alcohol- and drug-fuelled trauma in the greater Manenberg and Klipfontein areas.