In case of a national blackout, Netcare will offer some staff and their families shelter at its hospitals.Eleven Netcare hospitals have enough fuel and food to operate independently for three to four weeks.Netcare is offering some of its staff and families shelter, in the"unlikely, but not impossible" event that South Africa's grid collapses, Netcare CEO Richard Friedland says.
The stark reality is that staff won't stay at their posts but head for ATMs to try and get cash and then go home, he predicts. "The difference between disaster and incident is preparation," says Friedland. With 1 500 patients on ventilators at any given time,"we can't afford a flicker", Friedland said.Nick Hedley | A total grid collapse would be a dystopian nightmare
_Business They are not offering shelter. They are making sure they have people working at their hospitals.
_Business I don't buy that 'unlikely, but not impossible' nonsense. They probably received the same message we received. Something really is coming. Cause even the USA knows it.
_Business It's so they can be at work 24/7
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