DA Gauteng says pressure has forced a probe into over R2-billion hospital security costs [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng says Health MEC, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, has ordered a review of excessive hospital security following the party’s exposure of ballooning costs. Total security costs have soared from 655-million-rand in 2022 to 2.54-billion-rand this year. The DA’s Jack Bloom says, for example, the Tara Mental Hospital’s new security contract includes 46 guards, far exceeding their assessed need for only 26 guards: