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flag Patients at South Africa's Jubilee Hospital buy water due to prolonged outages from failing infrastructure.

flag Patients at Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal, South Africa, are buying their own drinking water due to a prolonged water crisis caused by failing infrastructure, including damaged dams and treatment plants. flag The 551-bed hospital, which treats over 30,000 emergency patients annually, has experienced weeks-long outages, forcing staff and visitors to rely on water trucks, storage tanks, and makeshift tuckshops. flag While the Gauteng health department says no surgeries have been canceled and sterile water is used for critical procedures, patients and families remain concerned about unsafe tap water, especially for vulnerable individuals.

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