The Office of Health Standards Compliance OHSC says it will be sending inspectors to probe the cause of the fire incidents at Tembisa hospital in Gautengs Eastrand.
The fires , which happened days apart, have brought into question the hospitals safety protocols and emergency preparedness.
OHSCs Chief Operations Officer, Mathabo Mathebula, says theres an urgent need for a comprehensive assessment of the facility to ensure the safety of everyone who makes use of the facility.
"The office of health standard complaints will be dispatching a team of inspectors to conduct a risk-based inspection as a fact-finding and action to establish the circumstances surrounding the fire incidents. Considering that the winter season is on, this inspection will enable the OHSC to establish possible root causes and to make informed recommendations that are made to mitigate the risks of fire incidents.
