Gauteng denies claims of no water at Carletonville Hospital
According to the claims, the water problems stemmed from the fact that Rand Water is currently throttling the municipal water supply.
The Gauteng Provincial Government this week denied claims that there were ongoing water shortages at the facility.
The DA’s Gauteng Spokesperson for Health, Madeleine Hicklin, claimed in a press release on Sunday May 11 that Carletonville Hospital’s theatre and maternity units were non-operational due to an ongoing water problem.
This problem, Hicklin said, was the result of the fact that Rand Water had throttled the Merafong City Local Municipality’s water supply because they owed the bulk water provider R1.6 billion.
When asked about the issue, the Gauteng Provincial Government denied the claims.
“The water outage, which occurred on Thursday, May 8, was resolved by 11:00 the same day, confirming that there was no extended water crisis as claimed, the spokesperson for the Premier, Sizwe Pamla, responded.
The Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, as well as the MEC for Health, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, visited Carletonville Hospital on Monday afternoon to confirm that everything was in order at the facility. The MEC called on residents who use the hospital to help monitor the facility, but not to spread false messages.
