​The Gauteng Departent of Health (GDoH) is currently awaiting feedback from the Gauteng Infrastructure Funding Agency (GIFA) in relation to proposals about the old Kempton Park Hospital buiding. 

This is the update given by the Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko when responding to questions from the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. 

The MEC explained that GIFA has completed the conditional assessement of the building at the end of June 2024 and has since called for Expression of Interest (EoI) by inviting potential private partners to submit their proposals on what must happen to the building. Once GIFA has assessed whatever proposals it got, recommendations will be presented to the department for consideration. 

In 2015, a process to reconsider the commissioning of the old Kempton Park Hospital was undertaken by instituting a conditional assessment of the facility. The assessment presented two possibilities which are to demolish the facility and rebuild it from scratch or to refurbish the entire hospital. 

“It must be mentioned that both options presented huge financial implications for the department and the budget was not sufficient to undertake any of the two options. It is for this reason that we are now exploring a Public-Private Partnership,” concluded Nkomo-Ralehoko.

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Issued by the Gauteng Department of Health