Tragic Fire Incident Claims Life at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital’s Female Psychiatric Unit [Video]

• A fire at Dr. George Mukhari Academic Hospital’s female psychiatric unit resulted in the death of a 35-year-old patient
• 17 other patients were safely evacuated, and the cause of the fire is under investigation
• The Gauteng Department of Health has extended condolences and is offering counselling to affected families

Reitumetse Makwea, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Pretoria, South Africa, has covered court and crime-related news at The Citizen and Rekord Noweto for over five years.

The patient, a mental healthcare user, had been admitted to the hospital on the 20th of June 2024.

Today, as part of her prescribed treatment, she was placed in a seclusion room.

At approximately 18:35 in the evening, smouldering smoke and a small fire were detected coming from the seclusion room.

Tragic fire ravaged the ward

Hospital staff and …