Patients from Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto, Gauteng have been moved from the facility due to a fire outbreak at the hospital';s administration block on Monday morning.
The Gauteng Health Department affirmed that they had to be moved from the facility after the fire broke out at around 06:30.
The Spokesperson, Lesemang Matuka said the fire was suppressed at around 08:00 by the Johannesburg Emergency Services.
He attested that, “No patients were injured and the 86 in-patients have been moved to various neighboring healthcare facilities”.
"All patients in the hospital were safely evacuated and some have already been transported to facilities such as Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Southrand Hospital, Rahima Mother and Child, Sterkforntein and Lenasia South District Hospital," the spokesperson added.
Matuka said no patient is been admitted presently at the hospital.
The department thereby urged the populace to use other healthcare facilities in the vicinity until "further notice", in which the staff will also not be at the facility until it is deemed safe to return.
It still remains unknown to the populace what aided the fire outbreak. But investigation and conduction of evaluation on damages is still ongoing by the department.
Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital was opened in 2014 and has 3, 900 beds.