(a) According to the report from the North West Provincial Department of Health, there are 5 staff members who were involved in the incident where newborn babies were placed in cardboard boxes.
(b) The consequence management process is under way and the steps to be taken will be determined after the completion of the investigation.
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The Honourable Member is advised that this Question is a repeat of the Honourable Member’s Question 2046 on the same matter, which we have already responded to. The Honourable Member is referred to that response accordingly.
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The Honourable Member is kindly requested to specify what report she is referring to exactly (the proper name of the report), to enable the Minister to respond to this question appropriately.
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The Minister was not informed about the 100 nurses who were offered employment at the Jubilee District Hospital during the recent cholera outbreak.
According to the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health, a group of 137 Nurses presented at the Hospital on the 22nd of May 2023. It is not clear who had made arrangements for the group to come to the hospital as there ...
1. (a) (i) In accordance with the Persal data set as extracted for the month of May 2023 below is the table of the age demographics of all nurses employed in the public health sector and
(ii) Persal does not provide the breakdown percentage of each specialized category since they are all grouped under category specialty
(b) The data also specifies the Provinces in ...
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According to the Mpumalanga Department of Health, Goba in Ward 11 has an estimated population of 860. The nearest Primary Health Care (PHC) facility is 6km away in Mbangwane. The population size does not meet the norm of 8 000 - 10 000 which allows for a fixed PHC facility to be constructed. Currently, a mobile clinic is visiting the village once a ...
1. Key intervention to ensure continuity of protein supply was to substitute meat with beans which is also a source of protein.
(2) (a) Only one hospital reported food shortages.
(b) Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital
3.(a) The initial cause was the supplier is contracted to supply a number of hospitals in Johannesburg South with the inclusion of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic hospital and ...
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A hospital that has the deliveries of 56 babies at a time, would generally require a minimum of approximately 25 Midwives at a particular time to ensure maximum coverage. This means that these midwives would have to take care of the 56 newborn babies, while also continuing to monitor the new arrival and those mothers who are in the active ...
1. The Figtree clinic is not dilapidated. A major renovation was last done in 2017 and minor maintenance is done as and when the need arises. The current challenges are that it still has a pit latrine and the fence that has become worn.
The clinic has an average monthly headcount of 2445 visits, which equates to an average of 122 patients per day. ...