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SowetanLive writes that the dire conditions recently laid bare by a medical doctor at the Rahima Moosa Hospital in Johannesburg are a true reflection of problems experienced by Gauteng hospitals.
Last week, paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer penned an open letter, exposing the dire conditions at the hospital. He was then suspended, but has since been reinstated. Unions on Monday indicated that problems faced by public health facilities included staff shortages, lack of equipment and security issues. Nehawu provincial general secretary Mzikayise Tshontshi said hospitals like Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital in Vosloorus on the East Rand had infrastructure issues, while the lack of staff was also a problem. “You can look around Gauteng and you will see that the state of infrastructure leaves much to be desired,” Tshontshi claimed. He asserted that the department’s leadership needed to take decisive action to resolve the issues. Denosa’s Bongani Mazibuko said poor health services in the province were a never-ending cycle. He said facilities such as Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria and Tembisa Hospital on the East Rand were still operating on a staff complement for 2010 while the province’s population had grown. Mazibuko called for the department to act speedily to address staff shortages and to refurbish broken infrastructure. During her budget vote speech in May, health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi indicated that the department had received a budget of R59.4bn and a further R178.2bn over the 2022 medium-term expenditure and that this would be allocated towards improving healthcare. The department also released a detailed statement on the state of affairs at Rahima Moosa, reflecting that increased admissions and service interruptions were an issue. But, it maintained that healthcare in the province was still intact.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Zoë Mahopo at SowetanLive
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