Someone keeps farming Mpilo Central Hospital for copper, and the fallout keeps smacking doctors, patients, and budgets where it hurts most.
What just blew up
So yeah, the junior doctors' housing at Mpilo Central Hospital keeps getting looted.
Since doctors moved back in May 2023, thieves have been running a rinse-and-repeat routine.
Copper pipes, electrical cables, brass taps, basically anything shiny and sellable keeps vanishing.
Why this place mattered
The quarters were rebuilt after nasty fires in 2018, 2019, and 2021 wrecked things.
Reconstruction wrapped up about two-and-a-half years ago, so this was supposed to be a fresh start.
Junior doctors only got back in after long rehab work, which makes this sting extra hard.
How the...