Non-profit to drill boreholes at hospital to avert water crisis

DISASTER relief group Gift of the Givers said it would drill boreholes at Helen Joseph Hospital after water cuts in and around Joburg affected the water supply at health-care facilities.

Earlier this month, Gift of the Givers drilled boreholes at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, which had been similarly affected.

“There has been nothing but total co-operation, support and flexibility from the Gauteng provincial health department, CEOs, management and infrastructure teams at both Rahima Moosa Hospital and Helen Joseph Hospital in granting Gift of the Givers permission to drill for boreholes at these two facilities,” founder Imtiaz Sooliman said.

Earlier this month, an executive at utility Rand Water said an engineering glitch had led to the failure of two transformers, disrupting the water supply to communities on the West Rand.