Question NW3865 to the Minister of Health
17 November 2015 - NW3865
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Health
With reference to his reply to question 2600 on 5 August 2015, where he states that the Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital will be relocated to a site opposite the Edenvale Hospital and the Environmental Authorisation compiled by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 5 June 2015, which states that the relocation of the Sizwe Hospital is not approved in the specified Environmental Authorisation (details furnished), can he explain his reply in relation to the specified condition outlined in the specified Environmental Authorisation compiled by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development?
Reply:
The Gauteng Department of Health agreed to the relocation of the Hospital subject to the developer undertaking to fund the relocation fully at their own cost. It is the duty of the developer to ensure that all approvals (including but not limited to Environmental Authorisation) are obtained prior to any developments and relocation taking place on the site where the Hospital is currently located. It is assumed that until such time that the developer and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and Human Settlements obtain approval to relocate the Hospital, the relocation will not take place.
The Department of COGTA and Human Settlements has since brought to the attention of the Gauteng Department of Health that the developer no longer wished to follow through with terms of relocation as was agreed upon.
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