The Western Cape health department has spent R12m in the past three months on 200 healthcare facilities that have not been exempted from load-shedding.
Head of health Keith Cloete said in June alone the department spent more than R5m on diesel which was not budgeted for.“Diesel availability and cost have been the biggest concern for us. From April 1 to June 30 we spent R12m just on diesel.
Cloete said the department is going beyond its mandate of just providing healthcare services and will soon be installing solar photovoltaic embedded generators at 15 hospitals for a combined total peak generation of 5MW.Uninterrupted power supply systems have been installed at healthcare facilities to keep life support medical equipment, operating theatres and EMS call centres going.
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