Da.org.za

DoH should re-evaluate community service mandate as 5000 …

WebThe DA calls on the Department of Health (DoH) to re-evaluate its community service mandate to provide an alternative to medical graduates who are not being placed due to the Department’s shortcomings. At a time when our healthcare system is in dire need of capacity due to the Covid pandemic, recent reports highlight that over 5000 medical

Actived: Just Now

URL: https://www.da.org.za/2021/12/doh-should-re-evaluate-community-service-mandate-as-5000-doctors-remain-unplaced

DA strongly objects to proposed regulations to Health Act

WebThe DA will make our submissions to the Department of Health, and we encourage all South Africans email their objections to the Regulations of the National Health Act 61 of 2003 to [email protected] before 15 April 2022. Together, we can put a stop the ANC’s dastardly plan to usurp our rights. Publication Date.

Category:  Health Go Health

Limpopo Health Department forks out hundreds of millions in …

WebThe DA in Limpopo is deeply concerned by the Limpopo Department of Health’s continuously rising medico-legal liabilities, mainly because of medical negligence. A recent response to a DA parliamentary question indicated that Limpopo’s Department of Health has paid out R266.8 million in medico-legal claims from January 2020 to …

Category:  Medical Go Health

DA North West submits PAIA application to compel Health …

Web© 2018–2024 Democratic Alliance | All Rights Reserved | Privacy & Access to Information Democratic Alliance, registered non profit organisation in South Africa Reg

Category:  Health Go Health

DA welcomes SAHRC investigation into the lack of health services …

WebThe DA welcomes the findings by South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) into the investigation of Victor Khanye Local Municipality’s neglected health care services. As the DA, we are committed in monitoring the progress by the Department of Health into hiring a new nurse and driver for the idling mobile clinic at Bernice Samuel …

Category:  Health Go Health

DA’s Sizani Universal Healthcare will improve lives and not destroy …

WebThe plan, aptly named Sizani Universal Healthcare Plan (SUH) is a workable solution to provide universal healthcare for South Africa. Sizani is a Zulu word meaning “care” or “assistance” and emphasises the DA’s commitment to place the patient at the centre of the health system. We want to state it clearly and unequivocally: The DA

Category:  Health Go Health

DA Health Policy

Web5 health expenditure (over R100bn/year) is made by the provinces, with the national department having policy, regulatory and grant-making roles.

Category:  Health Go Health

Cash-strapped Limpopo Health Department returns R71 million in

WebThe DA in Limpopo has written to Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba to provide reasons why the department was unable to spend its conditional grant funding and what measures will be put in place to prevent this. The department surrendered R71.3 million in conditional grants despite already having rollovers amounting to R4.447 billion; …

Category:  Health Go Health

Drive through mass vaccination facility set to open on Cape Flats

WebThe City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government are proud to announce the Athlone Stadium as the first drive-through and walk-through mass vaccination site in the Western Cape. The City has leased the stadium free of charge to the Western Cape Government, who are mandated with administering COVID-19 vaccines. The aim is for.

Category:  Health Go Health

Only 55% of health facilities have achieved ideal status

WebOnly 55% of South Africa’s public health facilities have “Ideal Clinic” status. This was revealed by the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, in answer to a written parliamentary question from the DA.. Ideal Clinics are facilities that conforms to the following standard: “good infrastructure, adequate staff, adequate medicine and supplies, good …

Category:  Medicine Go Health

SAMA confirms that NHI is unaffordable

WebThe DA commends the South African Medical Association (SAMA) for speaking truth to power when it informed Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, that the South African health system was not ready for the National Health Insurance (NHI). SAMA chair, Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa, once again highlighted the fact that the NHI fails to address various …

Category:  Medical Go Health

Western Cape’s new forensic institute nears completion

WebThe Western Cape Health Department’s new Forensic Pathology Institute in Observatory is nearing completion. According to the department, the R281million project is a larger, purpose-built, modern forensic pathology facility that is located at the entrance to Groote Schuur Hospital, which is at least 1.3km away from Salt River mortuary. Health …

Category:  Health Go Health

Minister Motsoaledi must clarify placements of medical students

WebThe DA calls on the Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to provide adequate clarity regarding the placement of medical students in public hospitals in order to gain the requisite practical experience. The DA notes with great concern the various media reports highlighting the anxiety of medical students who are yet to be placed to complete.

Category:  Medical Go Health

SA can only help 0.3% of people with mental health issues

WebIn answer to a parliamentary question from the DA, the Department of Health has revealed that more than 6.5 million people in South Africa needs professional mental health intervention, of which almost 1.3 million “need care for severe psychiatric conditions”. However, the country only has 19 752 beds in public and private mental health care …

Category:  Health Go Health

Public Hospitals have become a death-trap for the poor.

WebPublic health facilities are no longer places of healing, they have become death-traps for the poor, who have no other options available to them. The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, continues to downplay the severity of the countless crises in our public health sector. This is the worst form of denialism, as countless South Africans

Category:  Health Go Health

Health Department fails to trace 82% of Listeriosis patients

WebHealth Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi’s revelation that his Department has traced only 18% of Listeriosis patients is shocking. Minister Motsoaledi must urgently brief the public on his plan to track down the other 82% of patients to establish the full extent of this looming national crisis. The Minister confirmed that while 727 people have contracted

Category:  Health Go Health

Cape Town Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato opens new multi …

WebTo schedule an appointment, one can contact Pelican Park CDC on 021 814 1219 or visit the facility in person. The building also meets ‘green building’ standards with a number of green elements, such as intelligent lighting, reuse of water for irrigation, and low-maintenance finishes including face-brick and aluminum windows, PVC gutters and

Category:  Health Go Health

DA applauds PSA’s call for caution on NHI

WebPlease find attached a soundbite by Michele Clarke MP. The DA commends the Public Servants Association (PSA) for its prudent advice to President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging a delay in the signing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. The PSA’s stance aligns with our ongoing concerns regarding the NHI’s potential ramifications on South …

Category:  Health Go Health

A strong DA can rescue SA from NHI

WebNote to editors: The following speech was delivered today by the Leader of the Democratic Alliance, John Steenhuisen, during a Live Address to the Nation. My fellow South Africans, Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would sign the National Health Insurance b ill into law on Wednesday, the 1 5th of May.. It is no …

Category:  Health Go Health

13 Jozi clinics now offer residents extended service hours

WebSince the introduction of an extended and integrated service delivery strategy in Primary Health Care facilities that was launched by Mayor Herman Mashaba at Princess Clinic, Roodepoort in October 2016, the City has extended the service to 2 more clinics, namely Alexandra East Bank and Sinqobile Clinics, bringing the total to 13. Member of the

Category:  Health Go Health

Basic Health Care denied to residents in Ga Pila, Mogalakwena

WebBasic Health Care denied to residents in Ga Pila, Mogalakwena. Issued by Lindy Wilson MP – DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Health. 16 Apr 2018 in News. Not one analgesic, which assists with pain, fever or inflammation was available at the Sterkwater Clinic in Ga-Pila Village, Mogalakwena. On an oversight visit to the clinic, the DA has

Category:  Health Go Health