BRM donates testing kits and screening booth to the Bronkhorstspruit Hospital

Hospitals across the country are in need of medical supplies and donations as the rate of Covid-19 coronavirus infections are increasing daily.

Bronkhorstspruit Hospital, just outside Pretoria, is one such health institution. Last week three staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.

On Monday, mining company Black Royal Minerals (BRM), which owns the Chilwavhusiku Colliery in Bronkhorstspruit, responded to their plea for help by donating a mobile screening and testing booth.

The booth, as well as testing kits and a full body temperature scanner, form part of the pre-screening equipment at the hospital. A testing machine that produces results within an hour was also donated.

“We have also donated food parcels, including vitamin C, to the hospital for the needy and those who test positive for Covid-19,” said Ndavhe Mareda, chairperson of Makole Group, which owns BRM.

The screening booth donated by BRM. Picture: Supplied

Mareda added that the food parcels would be distributed by the hospital to those who test positive and have to go into isolation.

“We understand that during isolation people’s ability to earn a living will be compromised,” he said.

The company also bought a similar unit for its nearby mine Chilwavhusiku Colliery and is using the screening booth for everyone who enters the premises.

The company also donated food parcels to its 300 employees.

Mareda said BRM was proud to have partnered with the department of health on the initiative and hoped the donation would go a long way in helping to fight the virus in the area.

BRM is wholly owned by the Makole Group. Recently it also acquired the Koornfontein Coal Mine near Middleburg in Mpumalanga which was previously owned by Gupta-company Tegeta Exploration and Resources, a unit of Oakbay Investments.

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