JOHANNESBURG - The Hospital Association of South Africa (Hasa) has on Thursday urged the Health Ministry to advocate for load shedding relief to all acute care hospitals, day clinics and community clinics across the country.
Phaahla was expected to provide an update on Friday, after national and provincial health bosses finalise an assessment, focusing on how power cuts impacted operations at healthcare facilities nationally.
Hasa said load shedding had resulted in many challenges for both public and private facilities, including the large-scale degeneration of equipment and escalating operating costs due to generator maintenance and the cost of diesel.
“But we do want to caution that the problems of load shedding apply to all hospitals [public and private, large and small]. We would urge the alleviation of the problem in at least acute hospitals but preferably all.”
