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TOO BAD: The community complains about the bad roads at Emjindini Trust. PHOTOS: Sibongile Mashaba

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Though the incident happened in 2005 at Emjindini Trust in Barberton, Mpumalanga, Sibiya still remembers it like it happened yesterday.

"I will never forget what happened to me. If the ambulance had arrived on time, my son would still be alive today," Sibiya says.

He says a local clinic (Renee Clinic) operates from at 8am to 4pm on Mondays. It opens at the same time on Fridays but closes at 1pm. It is also closed on weekends.

"Does that mean we must not fall sick on weekends and at night?" quips Sibiya.

Residents say ambulances do not go into their area because of the dirt roads.

There are also no streetlights.

Mpumalanga health department spokesman Dumisani Mlangeni says dirt roads should not be an excuse for ambulances not to go into the areas.

"The department will investigate," he says.

"We will have to look at the population and see if it meets the WHO (World Health Organisation) standards. We will look into why ambulances are not assisting people at night.

"Furthermore, we will meet the clinic's committee to establish the problems they are faced with and see how we respond to people's needs," Mlangeni says.

• This investigative report was first published in the printed newspaper and e-Edition on 10 August 2012

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Aug 13, 2012

Keafixa

Mpumalanga health department spokesman Dumisani Mlangeni says dirt roads should not be an excuse for ambulances not to go into the areas.

"The department will investigate," he says.

"We will have to look at the population and see if it meets the WHO (World Health Organisation) standards. We will look into why ambulances are not assisting people at night.

"Furthermore, we will meet the clinic's committee to establish the problems they are faced with and see how we respond to people's needs," Mlangeni says.
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HOW LAME MR MLANGENI
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Aug 13, 2012

NeoBaBe

PLEASE we Mlangeni.. this issue should have been sorted out long ago,

I feel for the father, i am a parent and i cant stand even a thought of that happening to me and my children.

I also stay in a township, we have i gravel. Can someone explain to me why the ambulance takes long to come!
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Aug 13, 2012

1andonlybucs

and our president still wants a R2 billion jet! hehehehehe funny country we live in
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Aug 13, 2012

imd

He says a local clinic (Renee Clinic) operates from at 8am to 4pm on Mondays. It opens at the same time on Fridays but closes at 1pm. It is also closed on weekends.
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FOR WHAT REASON?????
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Aug 13, 2012

Papage

This happened in 2005, why only investigate now? This ANC is dearmekaar
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Aug 13, 2012

cornelius

Why don't the ANCYL try to make this province ungovernable ?
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Aug 14, 2012

somaartakeit

18yrs into chaos but still the sheep keep on throwing their votes to waste and get no service, In the meantime children of politicians and members of their families get top class health care in private hospitals.
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