I’m not in a private hospital, virus-stricken Mantashe fumes

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has disputed reports that he is in a private hospital.

“I am in a public hospital and I am being taken care of very well here. I have never been to a private hospital, that must be clear,” Mantashe said in a telephone call to The Citizen on Wednesday.

The minister read several signs over the phone to prove that he was indeed in a public hospital that was operated by the Gauteng department of health in Pretoria.

“Unless this hospital has become a private hospital, but it has always been under the Gauteng government. I am here because this is the area where I work,” he added.

Mantashe said he was transported straight to the Pretoria-based hospital which he mentioned, but requested The Citizen not to name the facility for security reasons.

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