The Gauteng department of health is spending more than R8 000 a month renting premises for a Heidelberg clinic, while a department-owned clinic nearby is empty and overgrown with weeds. Community outrage over wasteful spendingCommunity members have raised concerns about what they describe as wasteful expenditure and poor planning, particularly relating to public health facilities across Gauteng under severe pressure due to budget constraints, staff shortages and infrastructure decay. ALSO READ: Gauteng health fails to spend R725m as health care crumblesHe said the situation highlighted a broader systemic problem in the management of public infrastructure. ALSO READ: Gauteng health rejects claims of underspendingHe said it appeared the decision to relocate the services to the hospital came after US president Donald Trump’s decision early last year to cut US aid. Widespread infrastructure neglect across GautengThe wastage of public health infrastructure in Gauteng is widespread, with the Kempton Park Hospital, closed for almost three decades, continuing to drain millions of rands from the public purse to pay for security.