Healthcare

Hospitals are places of healing, yet their energy demands tell a different story. These critical facilities, operating around the clock to save lives, consume vast amounts of energy, much of it still sourced from fossil fuels. In a country like South Africa, where energy stability is often uncertain, this reliance not only drives up costs…

In 2022, the Minister of Health stated that “load shedding is a risk to the efforts to deliver on our constitutional mandate of protecting, promoting and maintaining the health, safety and well-being of patients and the public by ensuring quality pharmaceutical service for all South Africans.” With patients’ lives hanging in the balance, there is…