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- Computers, TVs and appliances have been stolen from the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
- The theft was discovered during a reconciliation process, conducted after a fire in the building.
- A criminal case has been opened.
Several appliances were stolen from the fire-ravaged Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) and the Gauteng Department of Health has now opened a theft case.
The theft was reported to the Hillbrow police station.
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The hospital was shut down after a fire in April that started in the dispensary department gutted parts of the public health facility. Patients were transferred to surrounding hospitals.
"The opening of the case follows a reconciliation process to account for equipment and items taken to other facilities to ensure continuity of care. It was through this process that the missing items were identified, prompting the hospital management to open a case of theft as the items could not be accounted for," Gauteng health department spokesperson Motalatale Modiba said.
Among the stolen items are 10 desktop computers, a fridge, six plasma television sets and three laptops "which disappeared since the fire incident".
"Immediately after the fire, no one was allowed inside the building. As a result, security was deployed in the staff residence area and to also monitor the parameter fence of the hospital," Modiba said.
"The security personnel has since been redeployed to their original posts except in areas declared unsafe. 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 at CMJAH."
Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi has called on the public to come forward with any information that might assist the police with their investigation.
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