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Addington Hospital in Durban was forced to divert patients to other state facilities from midnight on Friday while it switched over to a new generator. loadshedding Eskom

Ambulance services in Durban have been asked to divert patients to other state facilities in the city while Addington Hospital installs a new generator.Addington Hospital in Durban was forced to divert patients to other state facilities from midnight on Friday while it switched over to a new generator.

The move to upgrade generator facilities at the 571-bed public hospital comes as South Africans have been grappling with intensified load-shedding for the past two weeks. Garrith Jamieson of Rescue Care, a privately owned emergency medical service said they were also asked to divert patients to the Wentworth and R K Khan hospitals.

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