DA blames repeated air-conditioning failures for orthopaedic surgery delays at Steve Biko Hospital [SOUND] 

# The DA says repeated air-conditioning failures at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane have forced delays to major orthopaedic surgeries for a second time in less than a year. The party’s Madeleine Hicklin says patients needing hip and fracture operations have been left waiting because operating theatres are too warm. Hicklin claims one patient’s health deteriorated after repeated delays, while another family reported that their mother died of sepsis after a five-week wait for hip replacement surgery: