Nearly 80 hospitals excluded from blackouts - Health Dept

JOHANNESBURG - Health Department spokesperson Foster Mohale says nearly 80 hospitals have been exempted from blackouts.

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He says the department is working with Eskom and municipalities to ensure health facilities and patients are not affected by rolling power cuts.

Eskom is currently implementing Stage 2 blackouts and says the continued power cuts are mainly due to the high level of breakdowns and the limited emergency generation reserves.

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