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Health Minister looking for alternatives to exempt health facilities from load shedding

Phaahla is expected to report on the impact and the intervention measures during a media briefing which is scheduled for Friday.

Doctor Mahlaule by Doctor Mahlaule
2022-09-27 06:08
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Health Minister Joe Phaahla has begun a process to exempt health facilities from load shedding as health facilities have been put under severe strain.

This comes amid calls for the health facilities to be exempt from the constant rolling blackouts.

On Monday Phaahla said he hoped the country’s unstable power crisis would improve. But it has instead deteriorated to the extent that stage 6 load shedding was implemented again earlier this month.

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Currently, the country is on stage 3 load shedding until 4pm from Monday until Thursday. From 4pm load shedding moves to stage 4 until midnight.

Last week national health department officials met with their provincial counterparts to assess the impact of load shedding on individual health care facilities.

In a statement on Monday, Phaahla said the department was “working on alternative, additional sources over and above the generators, which are not meant for prolonged outages, to seek additional supply of power to be considered for installation in health facilities to complement the generators as part of the energy mix”.

Phaahla said he ordered the director-general, Sandile Buthelezi, to work with provincial heads of health departments to finalise the assessment of the impact of load shedding on health facilities.

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He said he was also engaging with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan, Eskom and municipalities on what processes should be followed to exempt health facilities from load shedding.

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Last week, the Health Professions Council of South Africa called for health facilities to be exempt from load shedding.

Phaahla is expected to report on the impact and the intervention measures during a media briefing which is scheduled for Friday.

Source: News24, Eyewitness News, Daily Maverick, image from Twitter

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Doctor Mahlaule previously worked as a Freelance Journalist at Find-it SA where he was responsible for writing news articles and sharing them on social media platforms. Doctor Mahlaule holds a Diploma in Journalism, BA in Communication Science and a BA Honours in Media Studies. Doctor began his journey as a knowledge Management and Communications Intern at Zenex Foundation. He was responsible for support in event management, social media, website maintenance, writing and brand management. On weekends Doctor attends prison ministry and shares the scriptures with inmates at Krugersdorp prison and plays soccer in the afternoon on some weekends. He has a passion for reading and writing and enjoys going out with friends and socialising in his spare time. He has a one-year-old son and is planning on getting married soon. When asked about what keeps him going, he said: “My family keeps me going. I’m the man I am because I come from a loving home. I have a very supportive family who always encourages me to keep pushing hard.”

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