{
  "id": 2379562,
  "title": "Steve Biko Hospital plans four-hour power outage for repairs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/steve-biko-hospital-plans-four-hour-power-outage-for-repairs",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:15:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/steve-biko-hospital-plans-four-hour-power-outage-for-repairs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sections of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria will experience a four-hour power outage on Saturday due to scheduled electrical infrastructure repair work. From 09:00 to 13:00, levels eight and nine of the hospital will be without electricity, impacting critical services including obstetrics and gynaecology. The Gauteng Health Department has informed that wards and critical care units on these levels will be affected, including six operating theatres, wards, and critical care units. The department has taken steps to identify high-risk patients in the affected areas and has temporarily moved them to secure clinical areas within the hospital to ensure uninterrupted medical care.",
  "summary": "The power interruptions will affect levels eight and nine of the hospital from 09:00 to 13:00.",
  "key_points": [
    "Steve Biko Hospital to conduct four-hour power outage on Saturday",
    "Levels eight and nine affected, impacting obstetrics and gynaecology",
    "Gauteng Health Department relocates high-risk patients to secure areas"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}