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A hospital ward.
The Department of Health says the Witpoort Hospital outside Lephalale has been re-opened. The hospital had been temporarily closed due to threat of flooding following heavy rains and the collapse of a dam wall in the area.
Patients have now been taken back after being relocated.
Department Spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says the situation has stabilised.
“Witpoort Hospital is back in full operation following its temporary closure due to a threat of flooding in the area. Community members can now go back to the hospital to receive the services even those who require admission will now be admitted at the facility because the situation has stabilised,” says Shikwambana.
VIDEO | Patients were initially evacuated following the advice of the disaster management department.
VIDEO |Areas including the Grobler’s Bridge Border Post were affected by floods in the province.
