{"id":170228,"date":"2020-10-27T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/air-con-failures-cut-ops-at-joburg-hospital\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:45:14","slug":"air-con-failures-cut-ops-at-joburg-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/air-con-failures-cut-ops-at-joburg-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Air-con failures cut ops at Joburg Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/air-con-failures-cut-ops-at-joburg-hospital\/\">Air-con failures cut ops at Joburg Hospital<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"2155\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>Broken air-conditioning at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital has led to more than 100 operations being cancelled in the last two weeks despite a huge backlog caused by the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>All the operating theatres are affected except for two orthopaedic theatres.<\/p>\n<p>Medical staff are very frustrated that they cannot do their jobs and patients suffer from the delayed operations.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that poor maintenance is once again to blame despite more than R200 million spent at this hospital in the past five years to fix deteriorating infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Last year about 2000 operations were cancelled or deferred at this hospital for various reasons, and surgery waiting lists have grown alarmingly because of resources diverted to treat COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>It is unacceptable that a major hospital has to cancel surgeries because of broken machinery.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that the air-conditioning is fixed as soon as possible and measures taken to ensure that surgery is not crippled by avoidable equipment failures.<\/p>\n<p>Regards<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Bloom MPL<\/strong><br \/> <em>DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/air-con-failures-cut-ops-at-joburg-hospital\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air-con failures cut ops at Joburg Hospital: Dear Johannesburg Broken air-conditioning at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital has led to more than 100 operations being cancelled in the last two weeks despite a huge backlog caused by the COVID-19 crisis. All the operating theatres are affected except for two orthopaedic theatres. 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