News24 | Fire claims life of 35-year-old female patient at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital

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A fire at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital led to the death of one patient. (Natalie Payne/Drum/Gallo Images)

A 35-year-old woman died in a fire that broke out in one of the psychiatric wards at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng, on Monday night. 

Seventeen patients were unharmed and safely evacuated to another wing of the hospital.

The Gauteng Department of Health said the 35-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital last Thursday.

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