Investigations are underway into the fire that gutted the main building of the National District Hospital in Bloemfontein on Sunday.
Patients were evacuated after the fire broke out.
Free State Health MEC Monyatso Mahlatsi says the National District Hospital in Bloemfontein will remain closed for the duration of the investigation after a fire gutted the first and second floor of the hospital.
The fire started on Sunday afternoon outside the Pediatrics ward where 83 patients were evacuated and transported to the Botshabelo hospitals in Bloemfontein.
MEC Mahlatsi says Labour officials are expected to do inspections before the hospital can be opened to the public again.
