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The Citizen reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has lamented instances of murder, attempted rape and patients assaulting staff at healthcare facilities.
In a podcast, Mkhize indicated: “These have been very, very distressing situations for all of us and we had meetings where we had to then ask [police] for a strategy to try and look at ways we can tighten the security.” He added that hospital management had been tasked with dealing with basic security. Mkhize reported there were several cases of people having been hurt at work due to criminal activities linked to poor security at hospitals. On another matter, the minister pointed out that corruption during the Covid-19 pandemic was a distraction and urged South Africans to take a stand and fight to eradicate it. He reported that his department had been working closely with the auditor-general to look at the risk factors across the country. “There is a process of auditing that is going on to find out when things haven’t really been done properly,” he said, adding that it was important to strengthen the department’s supply chain processes. The minister gave the assurance that his department would cooperate with the National Prosecuting Authority, the Special Investigating Unit, the police and all law enforcement agencies to ensure corruption and other crimes were uncovered.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Makhosandile Zulu on page 6 of The Citizen of 3 November 2020
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