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News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Health has revealed that at least 12 of the province's hospitals do not have permanent chief executive officers (CEOs). The province has 32 public hospitals under the department's authority.
"The vacancy rate itself correlates with the functioning and stability of a hospital, case in point is Mamelodi which has not had a CEO for a year. We have to fill the posts and start with the turnaround strategy properly," Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku commented recently. The Gauteng hospitals without permanent CEOs include Sebokeng, Mamelodi, Weskoppies, Pholosong, Far East Rand, Tambo Memorial, Jubilee, Edenvale, Heidelburg, Bronkhorspruit, Cullinan Care and Rehabilition Centre and Bertha Gxowa. The acting CEOs at these facilities have been serving in temporary positions for periods ranging from five months to just over two years. These positions form part of 34 senior management posts which are vacant across the province. In addition, four out of the five districts housed in the health department are without chief directors.
- Read the full original of the above report by Canny Maphanga at News24
- Read too, 'Completely understaffed', says DA after oversight visit to troubled Mamelodi Hospital, at News24
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