Levubu clinic outside Louis Trichardt, Limpopo, had been relying on a generator to supply power and water to the facility since September last year.
“It is frustrating that we have no running water yet we and the public are supposed to be washing our hands regularly in this period of Covid-19. The situation is really worse with patients. They have no sanitisers,” he said.
“There has been no electricity at the clinic since last September. In the morning the wards are dark making it very difficult for us to execute duties. We have to make fire outside to make tea,” added another staff member. Thilivhali Muavha, spokesperson for the provincial MEC for health, said that the generator would be fixed this week. He said all services have been reverted to the Tshakuma clinic until issues at Levubu are resolved.
Neil Shikwambana, spokesperson for the Limpopo department of health, said: “The electricity transformer blasted a while back and it needed to be fixed between Eskom and the municipality. The health department are recipients of the service not owners of the infrastructure. We are engaging with Makhado Municipality and Eskom to address the electricity crisis at the clinic.”
Makhado municipality spokesperson, Louis Bobodi, said it is waiting for the contractor who has been appointed to fix the transformer. He did not respond to further questions about why it has taken ten months to resolve or what their interim plans are to assist the facility.
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