Turffontein Clinic nears completion as final works resume
The Johannesburg Development Agency has ordered contractors back to site to complete a two-storey primary healthcare facility for local residents.
Construction has restarted at Turffontein Clinic, bringing the City of Johannesburg a step closer to delivering a modern facility to improve primary healthcare in the south of the city.
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City’s implementing agent for the health department, is overseeing the project.
Following a temporary delay, the JDA engaged the professional team and contractor and formally instructed the contractor to return to site and resume construction.
Remaining work at the site includes roof coverings, carpentry, joinery, ironmongery, floor coverings, plastering, tiling, glazing, painting, plumbing, drainage, as well as water and fire reticulation systems.
External works will include sewer reticulation, stormwater and subsoil drainage, roadworks, paving, fencing, gates, boundary and screen walls, landscaping, electrical services and mechanical services.
The JDA will progressively instruct the remaining works as construction advances. These include structural steelwork and other specialised elements provided for under the contract or through provisional sums.
The contractor is also required to submit an updated construction programme and procurement schedule to support project implementation and oversight.
Modern healthcare facility
The two-storey clinic, covering about 1 870m², is being developed at the corner of De Villiers and Van Hulsteyn streets.
Once completed, the facility will serve residents of Turffontein, Rosettenville, Kenilworth and surrounding areas.
The clinic will feature 18 consulting rooms and a 120-seat waiting area, as well as an emergency and stabilisation unit, mother-and-child services, antenatal care and counselling facilities.
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It will also provide an antiretroviral (ARV) and tuberculosis (TB) treatment group room, testing facilities, an isolation room, a central pharmacy, social work counselling rooms and ablution facilities.
The facility will be divided into six integrated wings catering for waiting, antenatal, chronic-care, administrative, acute-care and emergency services.
Commitment to community healthcare
JDA CEO Themba Mathibe says the resumption of construction demonstrates the agency’s commitment to delivering infrastructure that benefits communities.
“This brings renewed momentum to a project that will make a meaningful contribution to healthcare access in Johannesburg South,” says Mathibe.
He says the JDA remains focused on using the available budget effectively, co-ordinating the project team and advancing priority components while ensuring the work meets the required standards.
“Once completed, the Turffontein Clinic will provide residents with a modern healthcare environment designed around their needs,” he says.
The Turffontein Clinic forms part of Johannesburg’s broader Health Infrastructure Upgrade Programme, through which the JDA implements infrastructure projects aimed at improving health facilities and supporting the delivery of quality primary healthcare to residents.
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