THE Gauteng department of health says it has finally sorted out its financial problems and paid all outstanding monies to medical suppliers and service providers.
Health MEC Ntombi Mekgwe said yesterday that her department had put in place measures to ensure better supply of medicines and save the department hundreds of thousands of rands a year.
Her department has been plagued by medical shortages as suppliers who were being owed money were no longer doing business with government.
A total of 358 suppliers were paid R874-million on April 30.
Mekgwe said in the past week another R63-million was paid to 818 non-governmental organisations "to enable them to continue their operations and assist the department in looking after vulnerable members of society".
"We have developed a turnaround strategy for the department and initiated the re-engineering of the Medical Supply Depot to improve the warehousing, delivery of medicines and ensure customer satisfaction," Mekgwe said.
"This month (since May 1) has also seen us introduce the electronic 'gate-keeping' system in 20 hospitals to eliminate inefficiencies in the ordering of blood tests," said Mekgwe.
The system was first piloted at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital where Mekgwe said between December and March more than R200000 was saved due its successful implementation.
'Department now in good health'
THE Gauteng department of health says it has finally sorted out its financial problems and paid all outstanding monies to medical suppliers and service providers.
Health MEC Ntombi Mekgwe said yesterday that her department had put in place measures to ensure better supply of medicines and save the department hundreds of thousands of rands a year.
Her department has been plagued by medical shortages as suppliers who were being owed money were no longer doing business with government.
A total of 358 suppliers were paid R874-million on April 30.
Mekgwe said in the past week another R63-million was paid to 818 non-governmental organisations "to enable them to continue their operations and assist the department in looking after vulnerable members of society".
"We have developed a turnaround strategy for the department and initiated the re-engineering of the Medical Supply Depot to improve the warehousing, delivery of medicines and ensure customer satisfaction," Mekgwe said.
"This month (since May 1) has also seen us introduce the electronic 'gate-keeping' system in 20 hospitals to eliminate inefficiencies in the ordering of blood tests," said Mekgwe.
The system was first piloted at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital where Mekgwe said between December and March more than R200000 was saved due its successful implementation.
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