Gauteng Health defends winter care at Weskoppies after clothing shortage claims
The Gauteng Department of Health maintained that patient care remained its top priority at Weskoppies Hospital, responding to allegations by the DA that psychiatric patients at the Tshwane facility were suffering due to a winter clothing shortage.
On the same day, health department spokesperson Steve Mabona countered that the hospital had completed the replacement of condemned patient clothing during the 2025/26 financial year.
Laundry capacity disputed Hicklin claimed the DA had been reliably informed by concerned parents that the hospital had only one washing machine on the property, and that socks were issued to patients for the first time this winter only earlier that week, along with some gowns in better condition for those feeling cold.
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