Alex gets a new hospice home for the terminally ill
ALEXANDRA – Alex's new hospice home for the terminally ill gradually takes shape on the road to completion.
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Development Planning, Thapelo Amad and members of the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) board recently conducted an oversight tour of four priority JDA projects along the Louis Botha Corridor, and in Alexandra.
One of the projects visited in Alexandra was the construction site of the new home of the Alexandra Hospice and Rehabilitation Centre, previously known as Banakekeleni Hospice.
As the only facility of its kind in the township, the upgrade of the non-profit hospice will benefit the community by improving and expanding patient access to medical services, and improving the health of residents.
Once completed, the facility will consist of a 48-bed frail care facility, with 12 wards located on the ground floor, dining and recreation areas, professional consultation rooms, administration offices, a hospice garden and a wall of remembrance.
The hospice will also feature 16 dedicated parking spaces and a drop-off bay, a guardhouse and boom gate access, a services store and waste collection area.
Amad said JDA had implemented more than 600 projects across all administrative regions of the City in 19 years of operation. He added that the agency was led by the City’s 2040 strategic ideals of resilience, liveability and sustainability.
As the implementer of strategic City projects, Amad said it was important that JDA continued to foster new developments that support the spatial transformation of Johannesburg.
“The City’s projects in transit-oriented development corridors, such as the developments in Orange Grove, Paterson Park and Alexandra, have laid a solid foundation for these nodes to not only provide affordable accommodation and transport opportunities but to [speed up] further development and bring about the necessary infrastructure for the benefit of the community.”.
