Hlayiseka Crucief Chewane

Committee appearances

• Council for Medical Schemes & National Health Laboratory Services on their 2016 Strategic & Annual Performance plan 20 Apr 2016

  Dr H Chewane (EFF) said he was happy that the CMS was aligning its goals with the proposed NHI, especially with regard to primary health care and saving resources in public healthcare facilities. There was a trend whereby medical aid schemes provided minimal funding for primary healthcare by limiting, for ...

• Department of Health, Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases & Office of Health Standards Compliance on thier 2016 Annual Performance Plan & Budget 7 Apr 2016

  Dr H Chewane (EFF) welcomed the report by the CCOD, and encouraged it to report more regularly, whatever its constraints. He urged all relevant stakeholders to mitigate the condition of mineworkers, especially on occupational health issues. In the past; mining companies had hospitals directed at mining employees. He recommended that ...

• National Department of Health, Provincial Departments & entities: FFC & AGSA analysis; South African Medical Research Council on their for 2016-2017 Annual Performance Plan & Budget 6 Apr 2016

  Dr H Chewane (EFF) asked where donor funding was placed. The Western Cape used the same model that government had used to attract doctors to primary health care facilities, and he wanted to know why the same model was not used all round. He also asked what the budget for ...

• Audit Results of Public Health Facilities: Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) briefing 16 Mar 2016

  Dr H Chewane (EFF) seconded Dr Volmink’s questions about what happens to those institutions who do not comply with the standards. He commented on the patients lying on hospital floors and said it was a common occurrence. He noted that the PHCs where patients may be denied ARVs, are the ...

• Minister of Health on Department of Health’s state of preparedness in event that Zika Virus comes to South Africa and its plans in ensuring that typhoid fever does not spread 9 Mar 2016

  Dr H Chewane (EFF) said he agreed with the Minister that the nation should not be concerned about the transmission of the Zika virus. What was the incidence and the prevalence rate of cases where there were infections? He expressed concerns about the Malaria virus and questioned how it would ...

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Questions

• Questions asked to the Minister of Health 10 Jan 2017

  How many (a) doctors and nurses are currently employed at Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo, (b) vacancies does the specified hospital have for (i) doctors and (ii) nurses and (c) nurses upgraded their qualifications to be considered for Occupation Specific Dispensation in 2010 and 2015?

• Questions asked to the Minister of Health 11 Nov 2016

  How many (a) doctors and nurses are currently employed at Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo, (b) vacancies does the specified hospital have for (i) doctors and (ii) nurses and (c) nurses upgraded their qualifications to be considered for Occupation Specific Dispensation in 2010 and 2015?

• Questions asked to the Minister of Health 25 Apr 2016

  (1)Has he earned any additional income from businesses, in particular businesses doing work for the Government, since his appointment as Minister; if so, (a) when, (b) how much did he earn, (c) from which businesses and (d) for what work; (2) whether his (a) spouse, (b) children and (c) close ...

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Plenary appearances

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