Steve Biko Hospital puts measures in place for planned power outage
The power interruptions will affect the hospitals Levels eight and nine from 9am to 1pm.
The Gauteng Department of Health has implemented contingency measures at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria to ensure uninterrupted provision of essential clinical services during an upcoming power outage. According to the department, the hospital will be without electricity for four hours on Saturday, August 21, due to a planned repair to its electrical infrastructure.
The outage will impact Levels eight and nine of the hospital, which house critical services including Obstetrics and Gynaecology. From 9 am to 1 pm, these services will be affected.
To safeguard high-risk patients in the affected areas, a process was initiated early this week to identify them. It was decided to temporarily relocate these patients to secure clinical areas within the hospital, ensuring continued medical care.
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