Arwyp Medical Centre had to cope with 15 water outages in August.
These regular water outages are threatening the daily running of the hospital, said marketing manager Chantell Rudolph.
“During recent months, Arwyp Medical Centre has experienced a marked increase in the number of water outages taking place at the hospital, to the extent that Arwyp had been forced to truck in water to function normally. The price of this exercise is exorbitant and the situation cannot continue in this way,” she said.
“It stands to reason that, as an essential service, it is vital for the hospital to have access to clean water at all times – anything less can be life-threatening to our patients.
“Additionally, in spite of the fact that there have been long periods where there has been no water available, the charges incurred by the hospital for water have not dropped. On the contrary, they have increased. Clearly, there are errors which need to be addressed.
“We are aware that essential services to the community are given preferential access to municipal services and, as such, the council should address and prioritise the issue as a matter of urgency,” Rudolph said.
The hospital had outages on August 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 27 and 30, as well as on September 17 and 19.
Some of these water interruptions were two to three hours and on some occasions 12 hours and longer.
The City of Ekurhuleni failed to reply to Kempton Express questions.
