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Mbombela - Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza has promised to provide citizens with an effective and efficient healthcare system that is accessible, professional, affordable and responsive.
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the local healthcare system, where more than R2bn has been spent to try to improve its quality.
"Whilst over R2.57bn has been invested in health infrastructure, and our hospital revitalisation and improvement programmes have improved the quality of healthcare across the province, we remain unsatisfied with the current state of affairs," he said.
The provincial executive council took the "drastic" step to place the Mpumalanga health department under curatorship.
Critical skills
"We can no longer tolerate the instances of mismanagement and neglect in our hospitals and healthcare facilities that persist despite our ongoing efforts to address these issues at both the political and administrative levels. It stops now,” he said.
The Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in December last year gave the Mpumalanga health department until 31 March this year to formulate and submit a detailed programme of action to address the critical skills, infrastructure and administrative problems in hospitals and clinics in the province.
SAHRC spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the commission found that several hospitals were in a critical state, which included a shortage of doctors, nurses and lack of adequate infrastructure, resulting in the violation of the public’s right to access healthcare services.
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the local healthcare system, where more than R2bn has been spent to try to improve its quality.
"Whilst over R2.57bn has been invested in health infrastructure, and our hospital revitalisation and improvement programmes have improved the quality of healthcare across the province, we remain unsatisfied with the current state of affairs," he said.
The provincial executive council took the "drastic" step to place the Mpumalanga health department under curatorship.
Critical skills
"We can no longer tolerate the instances of mismanagement and neglect in our hospitals and healthcare facilities that persist despite our ongoing efforts to address these issues at both the political and administrative levels. It stops now,” he said.
The Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in December last year gave the Mpumalanga health department until 31 March this year to formulate and submit a detailed programme of action to address the critical skills, infrastructure and administrative problems in hospitals and clinics in the province.
SAHRC spokesperson Isaac Mangena said the commission found that several hospitals were in a critical state, which included a shortage of doctors, nurses and lack of adequate infrastructure, resulting in the violation of the public’s right to access healthcare services.
