State hospitals run out of medicines
Aug 6, 2010 |
Alfred Moselakgomo |
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CLOSE to 400,000 patients at Mpumalanga hospitals go without vital medication daily due to a shortage of prescribed medications.
Health MEC Dikeledi Mahlangu made the admission while answering a DA parliamentary question in the legislature this week.
She said they were failing to honour payments and in return suppliers were freezing the accounts and stopping the supply of medication to depots, hospitals and clinics.
Despite her assurance that the department has set aside R515 million to ensure all hospitals and clinics were fully stocked with medicine by the end of the 2010-11 financial year, the DA questioned why the department was facing cash flow problems.
Aug 6, 2010
Msola
As somone who has worked in a hospital before, the Gorvenment takes care of city hospitals before the look at our rural area hospitals. How can a hospital run out of medication? Hospital management should be fired as it looks like they not doing what they get paid to do.Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
kopza
mcim! they are waiting for people to die then someone will account or do something about it.Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
Mangolo
The Government doesnt care much abt the poors, All they are doing is to buy expensive cars & leave in expensive houses/Hotels while the very same people who voted for them are living a miserable life. I fully had faith for our Government but now all is turning to be like a dream of yesterday.Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
mangolia
Keep dreaming as majority of people are still dreaming that the ANC is still the party to go with. Soon we would be like other rotten african countries with no facilities whatsoever to get this country running effectively and efficiently.Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
Licious
Mpumalanga has the worst Provincial and Local administration...Sies!!!I give up.Its all about money n tenders no wonder Juju is still the ANCYL President.I give up!!!Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
I for one am not surprised. The ANC have bred an ethos of mediocrity and apathy.
They have a certain security that they will still get the majority and as such have no need to work particularly for anything.
The only thing that will give them a wake up is a major loss in support for their pathetic governance.
That should jump start the ANC into action.
Until then many people will suffer and many many more will die due to neglect.
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Aug 6, 2010
I for one am not surprised. The ANC have bred an ethos of mediocrity and apathy.
They have a certain security that they will still get the majority and as such have no need to work particularly for anything.
The only thing that will give them a wake up is a major loss in support for their pathetic governance.
That should jump start the ANC into action.
Until then many people will suffer and many many more will die due to neglect.
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Aug 6, 2010
Maestro
That can only happen in Mpumalanga, unless the third force has spread to other parts of Limpopo and North West.Ask me why action is not being taken against the leadership; Mpumalanga is the most scandalous province in mzansi.Report Abuse
Aug 6, 2010
RealTalk
"better life for all" except me.ZUM ZUM - education and healthcare are (should be) vital organs of the sate you get that right everything else will sort itself out...
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