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Daily News reports that Dr Sifiso Mtshali, KwaZulu-Natal’s department of health head, has been suspended over the unresolved oncology crisis in the province. He was appointed department head in 2015.
The oncology crisis has led to the death of an undisclosed number of cancer patients around the province. Mtshali could only confirm the suspension on Tuesday, but would not comment further as the matter was sub-judice. His suspension came as no surprise given Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s utterances in June following an outcry about broken oncology machines at Addington Hospital. He had said the department head, not the MEC, was to blame. Motsoaledi also blamed non-functional procurement processes and the awarding of tenders to incompetent companies in favour of local economic development as a reason for the exodus of oncologists. “The heads of departments are responsible for the procurement. In this case, the KZN health department head messed up,” Motsoaledi said at the time. DA spokesperson on health, Dr Imran Keeka, commented that Dr Mtshali was the latest scapegoat to take responsibility for a political bungle. He added that the premier’s “biggest folly” was not removing MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo who, for eight years, had done nothing to prevent the collapse of the department.
- Read this report by Chris Ndaliso in full at Daily News
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