At last, Moshupa primary hospital is here
Lebogang Baingapi | Wednesday April 12, 2017 15:51
While some had lost hope since the promise of the hospital almost 30 years ago, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Shannaz El-Halabi assured them that its construction will start in October this year behind the Moshupa Senior Secondary school.
El-Halabi briefed the Moshupa Sub-District councillors and council senior management staff during the Member of Parliament (MP) for Moshupa/Manyana, Mokgweetsi Masisi’s constituency tour on Monday. She said the design will be similar to that of Shakawe Hospital and it will consist of 65 staff houses. She said the hospital will offer all the health services which are commensurate with its standard. Though currently the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is on-going, the construction is expected to consume more than P400 million.
El-Halabi further noted that due to shortage of land in the country, they have planned to do high-rise buildings which will only consist the ground floor and the first floor.
The complete design of a 70-bed primary hospital has been done and all eyes are fixed on October to see if the Government will be able to deliver its promise this time around. Masisi, who is also the Vice-President, is expected to address a kgotla meeting on the issue here on April 26. Moshupa has two clinics and a health post and Bakgatla-ba-ga-Mmanaana seek primary health from the Kanye SDA and the Thamaga Primary Hospitals. The anticipated hospital was deferred due to financial constraints caused by the economic recession in recent years. However, some residents, especially opposition politicians took the issue to the freedom squares to garner votes at every general election.
Apparently, the hospital has been on the village’s needs list since the late MP, Setlhomo Masisi’s tenure, who was also Mokgweetsi’s father. The former MP Maitlhoko Mooka also promised the same hospital before he lost the party’s primary elections in 2008 and later passed away.