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“As part of this programme, infrastructure upgrades at six hospitals – Grey Hospital in the Buffalo City Metro, Mthatha General Hospital, St Elizabeth Hospital, Isilimela in the OR Tambo, Dora Nginza Hospital in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and Nompumelelo Hospital in Peddie – have been completed.
“The six hospitals are part of the 28 hospitals being upgraded by the provincial government,” said Sicwetsha.
“The Eastern Cape Provincial Coronavirus Command Council welcomed the work being done by the provincial public works and infrastructure department, emphasising the importance of all infrastructure projects meeting targets set for their completion.”
Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane said the investments into the infrastructure of these hospitals during this pandemic would ensure long-lasting benefits to communities whose hospitals had decaying infrastructure.
There are 91 hospitals and 700 clinics in the Eastern Cape and some of them have been in a bad state for years.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is received by Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane upon his arrival in Eastern Cape to assess the provincial response to the #COVID19SA pandemic. pic.twitter.com/9GzEjFAO68
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Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the Eastern Cape on Thursday to inspect the provincial government’s efforts in the fight against the pandemic.
