Mayathula-Khoza visited the facility on Thursday for the first time following an Eyewitness News exposé last year that revealed how money was being wasted on security and that millions of rand’s worth of equipment was either stolen or damaged.
She said plans are in place to either refurbish or rebuild the hospital.
The hospital’s doors closed in 1996 and since then about R1 million a year has been spent on security to guard the empty and dilapidated building.
It’s become a popular spot on weekend evenings and has been referred to the ‘haunted hospital’.
