{"id":48540,"date":"2021-07-15T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/orsmond-tb-hospital-collapsing-20210714-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:51:42","slug":"orsmond-tb-hospital-collapsing-20210714-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/orsmond-tb-hospital-collapsing-20210714-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orsmond TB hospital collapsing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TUBERCULOSIS patients in the Orsmond TB Hospital in Kariega are fearing for their lives not because of the debilitating disease they are fighting against, but because of the appalling state of the facilities they are in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_5871bd7f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11161\/a5bfb40f84604ecaafcf3b73bf822768.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11161\/430c6c899e064575bcbd52e486496ab7.jpeg\" title=\"Marshall von Buchenroder showing one of the cracks in the walls of the TB Orsmond Hospital in Kariega.    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The structural decay is so extensive that staff and patients are in danger of having walls and roofs collapsing on them,\u201d said Cowley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWard G, which is the newly renovated COVID-19 and Patients Under Investigation (PUI) ward, is so badly finished that the project should not have been signed off. The bathrooms do not cater for disabled patients and finishes such as skirting boards and tiling are very poorly executed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kitchen and pantry have leaking roofs and buckets must be placed strategically in the storage room to prevent food from being damaged if it rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Cowley, the conditions under which the healthcare workers and other staff work at this hospital are untenable. 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