EWN reports that according to Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, Gauteng is the only province that has lowered its standards for candidates fit to be a hospital CEO.

Makgoba delivered a report yesterday into the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. Complaints about hygiene, infrastructure and lack of beds at the facility had been lodged, resulting in an investigation by the ombud last year. Some of the complaints were from a paediatrician, Tim de Maayer, who wrote an open letter detailing the lack of machinery, and water and sanitation, which he claimed contributed to the deaths of children. On Tuesday, the ombud recommended a disciplinary inquiry into hospital CEO, Dr Nozuko Mkabayi, who has been moved to the Gauteng Health Department's provincial office where Makgoba said that she should be stablised and supported. While reflecting on Mkabayi’s performance, Malegapuru Makgoba said that it seemed that the standards of appointing hospital CEOs in Gauteng were rather lax. "What was even worse was that when we looked at the choices of the CEOs, the selection committee and the employer didn't even seem to read what the referees' report had said, the competency tests had said, they just seemed to ignore that to chose somebody." He added that it seemed that the province had a problem in choosing CEOs.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgomotso Modise at EWN

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