This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
TimesLIVE reports that the Gauteng department of health announced on Saturday that Tembisa Hospital CEO Dr Lekopane Mogaladi had been suspended.
This came after the release on Wednesday of a report by the health ombud into the death of a patient. The ombud found that the care rendered to 34-year-old Shonisani Lethole at the hospital in June last year had not only been substandard but negligent. Lethole died at the hospital on 30 June after testing positive for Covid-19. But before he died, Lethole took to social media to tell health minister Zweli Mkhize about the deplorable conditions at the hospital. He also claimed he was being starved. Mkhize lodged a complaint with the health ombudsman, Dr Malegapuru Makgoba, and an investigation was launched. Makgoba found that Lethole had not been offered food for some 100 hours and 54 minutes. The report sparked outrage, with many calling for Mogaladi's head. Health department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said the notice of suspension had been served to Mogaladi on Friday and that, as part of the standard labour practices, he had been afforded an opportunity to make representations, within five working days of receipt of the notice, regarding the intention to place him on precautionary suspension.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Gauteng health department places hospital CEO on precautionary suspension following Shonisani Lethole's death, at News24
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page