a) Although the planned completion date for the laundry section at the hospital was 17 April 2008, the section was still not completed at the time of the visit. b) This resulted in laundry equipment, valued at R4, 9 million being stored in an unsecured uncovered area within the hospital complex (at the time of the visit, the equipment had been moved to health facilities in East London and Bhisho). c) Furthermore, the hospital management decided to outsource a portion of the laundry service (at an estimated cost of R76 000 a month). d) The contract for the construction of this phase (phase 2) of the project had been awarded to Ilima Projects, who abandoned the project and were later liquidated. They had already been paid R20 million of the R110 million total cost of the project.