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TimesLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has raised concern about the lack of permanent CEOs at nine of the 37 public hospitals in the province, which are being run by acting bosses.
MPL Jack Bloom said it was worrying that two hospitals in the province had already gone more than 12 months without a permanent CEO. He pointed out that the recent ombud’s report into Rahima Moosa Hospital was critical of poor processes in appointing hospital CEOs. Gauteng hospitals have recently seen two resignations and one retirement, with the CEOs of Thembisa and Pretoria West hospitals on suspension. The news report lists the hospitals without permanent CEOs. Bloom pointed out that Kopanong Hospital has been the longest without a permanent CEO since the contract of the previous CEO expired in February 2022. “A permanent CEO has also not been appointed at the South Rand Hospital even though the CEO’s contract expired in April 2022,” he added. Bloom went on to point out: “It is essential that the best people are appointed speedily so that all hospitals have competent and honest CEOs, instead of cadre deployments whose incompetence causes suffering to patients.”
Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgaugelo Masweneng at BusinessLive
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