Mayor Herman Mashaba and MMC Mpho Phalatse were joined by Ward 63 councillor, Linda Ntombela, and Regional Director, Irene Mafune at the opening of Esselen Clinic in Hillbrow.
The clinic will cover Hillbrow, the inner-city, Parktown, Joubert Park, Braamfontein, and Doornfontein. The clinic will provide comprehensive preventative and curative health services including HIV and TB-related treatment.
The clinic has been serving South Africans for over a hundred years and is a Heritage site. – @mphophalatse1 #JoburgWorks ^LM pic.twitter.com/LHxBK2CK6X
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) April 11, 2019
Phalatse said the clinic had a back-up generator and a water conservation tank will ensure that the clinic was always operational.
Mayor @HermanMashaba delivers his speech at the Esselen Clinic for the opening of the primary health care facility. #JoburgWorks ^LM https://t.co/j2anPyc7MU
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) April 11, 2019
Mayor @hermanmashaba has urged residents to protect the facility and to engage with the municipality. #JoburgWorks ^LM pic.twitter.com/hMOU3AetD1
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) April 11, 2019
Esselen Clinic provides multiple services, including mother & child services, chronic health services, immunization, TB testing & screening, prostate cancer testing.
I urge our residents of Hillbrow and the surrounds to take great care of it. This is a facility for you. pic.twitter.com/7NSTQ8V2pm
— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) April 11, 2019
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