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Watch – Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a surgical emergency

Grey's Hospital in Pietermaritzburg is a surgical lifeline for 4.5 million people across western KwaZulu-Natal. For years, its ageing air conditioning system has been breaking down, forcing surgery cancellations and endangering patients. The department knew. It had a plan. The plan failed. Now it has another plan.

Illustrative image: Daily Maverick/ Multimedia Illustrative image: Daily Maverick/ Multimedia

Reporting by: Craig Bentley-McKune
Edits and animation by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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