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IOL reports that the Gauteng government has placed the chief financial officer of the provincial Department of Health and the chief executive officer of the Tembisa tertiary hospital on precautionary suspension, effective from 26 August.
Tembisa hospital CEO Ashley Mthunzi and CFO Lerato Madyo face serious allegations pertaining to the improper procurement and payment of service providers at Tembisa hospital. The SIU is probing dodgy tenders to the extent of over R850m. It was reported last week that the hospital had procured skinny jeans valued at R500,000 in June last year. But in a radio interview, Mthunzi denied that the hospital had purchased skinny jeans, and said they had purchased sutures instead, which were used by surgeons at the hospital. He said the wrong material code had been used during the procurement process. The Gauteng provincial government said the two senior officials were being placed on suspension to ensure that their presence in the office did not impede the investigations. It is believed that the R500,000 dodgy purchase was one of many which former health department chief director of financial accounting Babita Deokaran was trying to expose in the public healthcare sector. She died in a hail of bullets outside her Johannesburg South home in August last year. Six suspects have been arrested in connection with Deokaran's death.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sisipho Bhuta at IOL
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