There have been mounting calls recently for central academic hospitals to be moved into the national governance sphere, allowing the national health department to administer and run these institutions. Even Gauteng premier David Makhura supported the idea in his state of the province address, indicating that Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Steve..
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State takeover of academic hospitals is not the answer – Central healthcare clinical and administrative capacity lacking and provinces would be affected adversely
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Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital: #RollingBlackouts Placing Strain On Equipment – the longer the hours of power cuts, the higher the risks for mechanical failures
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Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital management says that load shedding is having a negative impact on its back-up power supply. The hospital says 85% of its site is now covered by generators, including all medical services. But the hospital said rolling blackouts are placing a strain on equipment. Control works inspector for the electrical section at..
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No money for #LifeEsidimeni, but millions for consultants
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The Gauteng health department spent tens of millions of rands on consultants —including the controversial McKinsey & Company firm — even as it said it could no longer afford to pay for patient care at Life Esidimeni facilities, Gauteng finance MEC Barbara Creecy has revealed.
For almost three years, a trio of now-former Gauteng health officials have told the same story.
Former MEC Qedani Mahlangu, department head Barney Selebano and mental health director Makgabo Manamela have all said that the tight budgets and growing auditor-general concerns about the Life Esidimeni contract forced them to cancel the department’s decades-old agreement with the private healthcare provider. The division of private hospital group Life Healthcare cared for almost 1700 state patients, many of whom were placed with deadly NGOs after the contract ended.
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