Sun May 19 14:06:51 SAST 2013

Ghost doctors milking Bara of millions of rands

Feb 10, 2012 | Ntwaagae Seleka | 28 comments

THE country's biggest hospital, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Academic, is infested with ghost doctors who are costing the province millions of rands in salaries and overtime claims.

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Sun May 19 14:06:52 SAST 2013 ::
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Feb 10, 2012

NDA

What a disgrace i know about ghost teachers now this we need to wake up as people of this country, we are really going down.
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Feb 10, 2012

Papage

What a state of affairs, Bara need help
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Feb 10, 2012

KWENISTO

Where are you Mr president? Are you aware of this nonsense? pleae fire the whole Gauteng health department staff and management at Bara.
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Feb 10, 2012

Nicholaster

As we know that there's an statutory rape, I think there must be statutory assault for those people who abuse government assets. They must be charged and imprisoned just like a statutory rape accused. That will be the only solution for this corruption...
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Feb 10, 2012

KeRataBasadi

I hope to God i dont end up in Bara on a good day because on a bad day i will surely be no more. Showerman needs to sort out Health as a whole.
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Feb 10, 2012

Phuphethakatha

I wanna be a ghost worker. What are the perks?
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Feb 10, 2012

Justfinkin

The administration of our country is about to collapse! Provisions are made for costs like lab, medicine ect... where did the money go? Now the goverment wants the country to support NHI and expect the taxpayers to fund it? If they can not manage the present health system how can we trust them to take over the private health system? Our doctors in public service can not cope with the current situation, they can not even request a simple urine test that might save a baby's life, there is almost no medicine available because goverment has not paid bills for months and the list goes on and on.. Soon Zuma and his extended family will go to Hong Kong and Singapore for medical services (paid for by taxpayers!)
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Feb 10, 2012

Papage

This amount to fraud, they must pay back, taken off the Doctors roll and go to jail. I just wonder how much more moneys are being wasted by these state owned entities. This must be criminalised as well.
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Feb 10, 2012

Sphihliphihli

I fail to understand why a person is able to take leave at anytime and no one notices. It is true that Bara must have a CEO, someone who will run it like a private hospital and he/she must be given powers to fire and hire nurses and doctors when necessary. This will be solved quickly and easily.My neighbour was given a dead baby after giving birth and no one could see that he is dead.
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Feb 10, 2012

Catswhiskers

Who is in charge here? Surely heads must roll?
Oh wait, this is South Africa, you cannot get fired especially is you are an anc supporter!
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Feb 10, 2012

millipede

Just wait and see! We, the taxpayers, will end up suffering!!
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Feb 10, 2012

dimpho_4U

o.k.. so many people lost their lives,because of these Bogus doctors??!!
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Feb 10, 2012

Justfinkin

@dimpho_4u... No people (us.) have lost valuable taxmoney...luckily no lives was lost directly but indirectly lives are lost because of lack of money to pay for medicine ect.. the bogus dr's are people in powerful positions that make up invoices from "bogus" doctors and then receive payment on behalf of the "bogus" doctors. These people are high up in goverment so no on can check on them And if somebody does check on them, that somebody gets fired.
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Feb 10, 2012

dimpho_4U

@Justfinkin,hai mara this shows that our government has "high grade" certificate oncorruption, so we continue to suffer, as a result of these corrupt cats
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Feb 10, 2012

Budapat

fire the CEO of Bara Hospital, period!!
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Feb 10, 2012

T.C.T

INSTEAD OF SUSPENDING USELESS MINISTERS AND MEC THEY ARE SUSPEDING THOSE WHO PROTECT AND SAFE LIFES
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Feb 10, 2012

KGSO

Even Doctors are corrupt lol yah neh lol
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Feb 10, 2012

TKay

The management of this country as a whole is a joke...
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Feb 10, 2012

JO22112

SOUTH AFRICA IS RIDDLED WITH FRAUD AND CORRUPTION . CAN ANYBODY THINK OF A SINGLE ENTITY THAT IS ANC STATE CONTROLLED WHERE PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL MINDS ARE NOT OPERATING ?. DO WE HAVE CRIMINALS IN GOVERNMENT , PROVINCIAL COUNCILS AND CITY COUNCIL ? I BELIEVE WE ARE ONLY SEEING THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IN THE RSA.
THE BULK OF PEOPLE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION DO NOT HAVE THE QUALIFICATION OR EXPERIENCE TO MANAGEMENT . A LOT OF THESE SO CALLED MANAGERS HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS .THEIR JOBS INITIALLY DO NOT REQUIRE EXPERIENCE ETC......THEY ARE LIKE STREET SWEEPERS ....THEY PICK IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG !....Q.E.D.
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Feb 10, 2012

JO22112

DID YOU VOTE FOR THIS ANC GOVERNMENT.....DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY , FORTY YEARS FROM NOW THE CHINESE WILL GOVERN AND THE DEATH PENALTY WILL WIPE OUT THE CRIMINALS .
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Feb 10, 2012

JeanClaude

@JO22112

THE BULK OF PEOPLE IN MANAGERIAL POSITION DO NOT HAVE THE QUALIFICATION OR EXPERIENCE TO MANAGEMENT . A LOT OF THESE SO CALLED MANAGERS HAVE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS .THEIR JOBS INITIALLY DO NOT REQUIRE EXPERIENCE ETC......THEY ARE LIKE STREET SWEEPERS ....THEY PICK IT UP AS THEY GO ALONG !....Q.E.D.
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That is so true. The scary thing is, there seems to be no end in sight.
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Feb 11, 2012

WhiteMamba

What a disgrace - then there is no money available to pay service providers and patients are the ones suffering - disgusting.

Can these criminals be brought to justice? Doubt it - all corrupt to the core. All in cohoots when dividing the loot.

The anc and their officials are an embarressement for the whole country.

What did the apartheid government buy in 1950 for R500,000,000 (five hundred million - in todays terms) for the exclusive use by blacks?

TIP: Abbreviation CHBH

Yes you've guessed it: Baragwanath Hospital - at the time the flagship of hospitals in the southern hemisphere. Today a cesspit of filth and corruption.
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Feb 11, 2012

Nghezimani

I think the government must start doing a seriouse reseach,otherwise this hospital it will fall under history.
The next coming generation will go ther to see the building where SA's biggest Hospital were sittuated.
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Feb 13, 2012

Ndele01

We Africans seem to have problem with integrity and ethics - how did our parents raise us ? Why so much corruption after we fought so hard to take over South Africa after Apartheid ? The government can not keep up with all the investigations into corruption. We are looking very stupid. What should we do ?
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Feb 13, 2012

Ndele01

All those immigrants who left South Africa because they were concerned about the future.......I wonder if they had a point ? (there are so many examples of chaos in our country today)

I was hoping our people can use democracy to "v"ote for order and justice. Yet we prefer to use the wrong "V" - violence. We prefer to take to the streets and plunder - ithis happens in the rest of Africa and I don't see Violence improving those people's quality of life ? We should learn from others mistakes - it's much better.
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Feb 13, 2012

Noir19

Its a shame, poor administration, how can you be owed by so many dept, and to expect Health dept to managed NHLS as sub-tenant that is just expecting to much..rather have NHLS manage dept of health as sub-tenant
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Feb 14, 2012

LaVidaLoca

Incompetence at its best
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Feb 14, 2012

zwidewachilulu

Nine Baragwanath Hospital doctors have been suspended - so far .... PFUTZEK wit full pay and you call it suspension

An additional five nurses are from the defence force.SOWETAN you must go out and report some good news about the defence force not only bad news u can see that they ar working
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