a) It has not been procedure to inform the Minister of broken equipment in the facilities, however the incubators referred to were likely to have been incubators that were already due to be taken to the Tygerberg Hospital Clinical Engineering Department (CED) for assessment for damages and possible repairs or condemning. Necessary repairs if any, are effected, coordinated by the CED Department;
b) Recently in January 2018, a total of 30 brand-new incubators were purchased.
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