The Gauteng Division of Well being (GDoH) has welcomed the injection of much-needed monetary assets to assist it deal with the continuing challenges posed by ageing equipment and demanding tools throughout hospitals, significantly in laundry providers, which requires an overhaul.
At present, Bheki Mlangeni Hospital, which depends on laundry providers from Chris Hani Baragwanath Tutorial Hospital, has a backlog as a result of challenges with its equipment.
Within the meantime, Dunswart Laundries is helping with the prevailing backlog to make sure that affected person care shouldn’t be compromised.
In response to those urgent issues, the GDoH has been allotted R100 million by the Nationwide Division of Well being for the 2025/26 monetary 12 months to help its recapitalisation programme, which goals to refurbish and change outdated vital tools and equipment in hospitals.
Out of this quantity, R50m is particularly put aside to handle laundry equipment challenges throughout hospitals within the province.
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“As a part of this initiative, an evaluation of the present tools and equipment has been performed to find out which machines require refurbishing and which of them have to be changed.
“This analysis will allow us to handle the wants of amenities extra successfully. So far, work has already commenced with the refurbishment of theatres at Carletonville and Bheki Mlangeni hospitals.
“This shall be prolonged to all amenities in want,” explains Gauteng MEC for Well being and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko.
“As a result of frequent breakdown of laundry equipment, the operational inefficiency in some hospitals is negatively affected, regardless of efforts to take care of and restore the machines.
Already, the laundromat has processed laundry badges from Bheki Mlangeni Hospital, and a few are queued to be processed in a single day. Moreover, the hospital administration is exploring choices to outsource laundry providers to handle this situation additional quickly.”
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