The GDoH abandoned the hospital a month ago after it spent more than R400 million to refurbish it.
The GDoH spokesperson Ms Kwara Kekana says a search for two other accomplices is underway. A case has been opened at the Carletonville Police Station.
The incident of theft happens at a time when the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) had commenced with the process to move equipment and machinery out of the facility.
“The Department vacated the facility of the 31st March 2022 following its decommissioning. Staff had already been redeployed to other facilities.
One suspect was caught red-handed while loading a bakkie with stolen property outside of the hospital premises while the other two fled. The culprits are reported to have forcibly gained entry to the hospital, where they stole copper cables, gas stoves, monitors, mattresses and vandalised two state-of-the-art digital x-ray machines.
The GDoH’s asset management team is on site undertaking an inventory of both moveable and non-moveable assets to ascertain the extend of the damage and theft and to allow for remaining equipment to be relocated as planned.
The Gauteng Department of Health condemns the act of theft and vandalism. This robs the public of much needed and valuable healthcare equipment critical for the provision of services to communities,” she says.
