The King George Hospital is part of the hospital revitalisation programme and has a project by the Provincial Department of Public Works. The objective of the project is to provide communities with access to health care services and the technologically advanced tuberculosis (TB) facilities, surgical wards and a mortuary. These facilities would be constructed as part of the revitalisation programme. It was reported that planning for the project commenced in 1999. The approval was received in 2002 and completion was reported to be in 2013. The project was at 60 per cent completion at the time of the visit. The contract value was at R43.3 million and expenditure was at R36.7 million with a remaining contract period of 18 months.