Thank you. [Laughter.] The ANC recommits itself to putting in place a quality system of National Health care, where all South Africans will be able to access quality health care based on need and not on their ability to pay.
In this vein, we welcome the opening of two new state-of- the-art clinics in rural Eastern Cape as a move towards preparations to universal access to healthcare. The first clinic opened is the Zabasa Clinic in Engcobo, built at a cost of R17,5 million and the second clinic in Mahlubini Clinic in Cofimvaba, which has been built at a cost of R18,5 million. The clinics encompass rehabilitation services, pharmaceutical services, psychological services and National Health Laboratory Service, amongst other planned services.
The opening of the clinics is part of implementing the
re-engineering of primary health care as a cornerstone to the National Health Insurance, NHI. These efforts are meant to immediately address the crisis in the public