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Rural communities on the outskirts of Mahikeng, North West, will soon have access to private healthcare services on their doorstep. Plans are afoot to build a second private hospital in a village.

[File photo] An electronic patients chart is shown on the wall to a hospital ward.

Named after the late former traditional leader, Kgosi Taolelo Tawana, the Taolelo Tawana Memorial Hospital will be built next to the N18 road linking Vryburg and Mahikeng. The facility will have 83 beds, two theatres, a mortuary and a chemist. It will also include a public clinic, where local communities can access the facility for free.the hospital will be beneficial to the residents of Mahikeng“In Mahikeng there is only one private hospital and when you look at most of the patients from Mahikeng they go to Klerksdorp or Rustenburg.

“This thing is going to help us a lot and we are so very happy, and we feel that we are going to benefit a lot because the hospital will be just next door. Our people are going to be helped easily and they are going to get jobs, and this will create job opportunities in the area of our jurisdiction.”“Most of the time the nearest clinic in Madibe Makgabane is closed and the mode of transport is donkey carts.

 

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