Plans to spend R1-billion to revamp Kempton Hospital
Plans have been submitted to the Gauteng Health Department for approval
The Gauteng Infrastructure Department says it plans to spend about R1 billion to revamp the abandoned Kempton Park Hospital, EWN reported on Monday evening.
A new fence is currently being erected at the facility which shut its doors in 1996. It has since become a “ghost hospital“.
Government has spent millions over the years on security to guard the abandoned hospital.
EWN reported infrastructure spokesman, Mbangwa Xaba, said they have a plan to revamp it. “We will bring it back from its heydays where it had about 200 beds to accommodate a total of 350 beds.”
It’s submitted its plans to the Gauteng Health Department for approval.
No date was given when this would happen. Express reported earlier that plans to reopen the hospital were delayed until 2017.
