{"id":177524,"date":"2021-01-17T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T12:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/work-stoppages-delay-new-beds-for-covid-19-at-bronkhorstspruit\/"},"modified":"2021-01-17T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T12:38:59","slug":"work-stoppages-delay-new-beds-for-covid-19-at-bronkhorstspruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/work-stoppages-delay-new-beds-for-covid-19-at-bronkhorstspruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Work stoppages delay new beds for covid-19 at Bronkhorstspruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/work-stoppages-delay-new-beds-for-covid-19-at-bronkhorstspruit\/\">Work stoppages delay new beds for covid-19 at Bronkhorstspruit<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"2983\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Johannesburg<\/p>\n<p>Greedy sub-contractors and a local ANC councillor in Bronkhorstspruit have been hobbling efforts to complete 150 new beds at the Bronkhorstspruit Hospital that are desperately needed to treat the surge of COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tshwane DA councillor Bronwynn Engelbrecht, the extra beds should have been completed by 15 December last year, but sub-contractors have downed tools and are demanding more money to finish the job. It appears that they have squandered money already paid to them by buying expensive cars.<\/p>\n<p>Engelbrecht has also been informed that a local ANC councillor has been encouraging these stoppages. This is putting pressure on BMW which is funding it as a social responsibility project.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng Premier David Makhura claimed last week that the hospital upgrade was expected by the end of this month, but this seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Further delays can be expected in staffing and equipping these beds as well.<\/p>\n<p>It is questionable why extra beds are being set up so far from the densely populated parts of Tshwane where the need is greatest.<\/p>\n<p>Extra beds at the Mamelodi and Kalafong hospitals would have been more useful in taking strain off the Steve Biko Hospital where COVID-19 patients are now being treated in tents in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>And where is the field hospital in Rosslyn that Makhura promised in May last year with the assistance of Nissan and BMW?<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another example of poor planning and botched implementation of hospital projects that are urgently needed to save lives in this terrible epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Clr Engelbrecht can be contacted at Tel: 082 376-1022<\/p>\n<p>Regards\t<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/work-stoppages-delay-new-beds-for-covid-19-at-bronkhorstspruit\/\">MyJHB<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\" rel=\"noopener\">MyJHB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join the fun:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/add-your-event\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Add Your event<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit a Press Release<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/directory\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Add your listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work stoppages delay new beds for covid-19 at Bronkhorstspruit: Dear Johannesburg Greedy sub-contractors and a local ANC councillor in Bronkhorstspruit have been hobbling efforts to complete 150 new beds at the Bronkhorstspruit Hospital that are desperately needed to treat the surge of COVID-19 cases. According to Tshwane DA councillor Bronwynn Engelbrecht, the extra beds should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3332],"tags":[5445,40179,37606,8787,18591,1869],"class_list":{"0":"post-177524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","7":"tag-beds","8":"tag-bronkhorstspruit","9":"tag-covid19","10":"tag-delay","11":"tag-stoppages","12":"tag-work","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}