Trompsburg community gets state of the art hospital

 The R28-million Trompsburg hospital is expected to bring the much-needed health services closer to the local community, when it gets completed in 2013.

Trompsburg is a small township which falls under the Xhariep District Municipality, which has always faced a serious healthcare challenge, which saw sick people having to travel either 65 kilometres to Jagersfontein or 100 km’s to Bloemfontein to access medical care.

The hospital is situated next to the N1 South and Xhariep District Municipality and Kopanong Local Municipality offices. This makes it easily accessible as it is within walking distance for sick people and those who will be visiting ill relatives.

With the hospital being government-owned, community members will receive free medical treatment, while unemployed health professional will benefit from being employed there.

The construction of the hospice started in 2010, and the safety and health officer of the project, Elias Mabaso, revealed that 442 local men and women have been employed since the project’s inception.

Mabaso said the new hospital will have first-rate emergency services and will boast a paramedics’ helicopter and ambulances, which will be accommodated within the hospital’s premises. It also provides accommodation for nurses and doctors, which means they will be available to patients round the clock.

The ward councillor, Tebello Phafudi, was ecstatic about the project, saying it will change the lives of the poor people in the community.

“It is not only the Trompsburg community that is going to benefit from this intervention, but those from neighbouring towns will also be assisted here.”

A local community member, Lindiwe Mabusa, said she had waited all her life for the privilege of the hospital, adding that the hospital comes at a crucial time when sick people are forced to travel painstakingly long distances for medical attention.