The Gauteng Department of Health has opened a case of theft at the Hillbrow Police Station after several appliances were stolen at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital following the recent fire incident.
The hospital has not been fully operational since a fire swept through a section in April.
Gauteng Health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says the missing items were discovered during process to account for equipment taken to other facilities.
“The opening of the case follows a reconciliation process to account for equipment and items taken to other facilities to ensure continuity of care,” says Modiba.
Modiba says it was through this process of reconciliation that the missing items were identified prompting the hospital management to open a case of theft as the items could not be accounted for.
“Stolen items include 10 desktop computers, one fridge, six plasma television sets and three laptops which disappeared since the fire incident in April 2021,” says Modiba.
Modiba says the department is concerned about security at the hospital.
“Although the theft of the above-mentioned items will not have any major impact on service provision at the facility and no critical information was lost or compromised, the Department of Health, is nevertheless, concerned at the breach of security.”
