Thank you Honourable Member for this important question.
I had visited the North West Department of Health and held a meeting with its senior staff at Ratlou Community Health Centre in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District on the 2nd March 2018.
I then had an opportunity to inspect two (2) of the mobile "clinics".
From what I could gather, I realised that this problem is much bigger than meets the eye and needs a very serious technical investigation.
Since this is a procurement function which is the purview of the provincial department, I wrote to the Minister of Finance on the 8th March 2018 and requested that the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) in the National Treasury investigate this matter.
I also briefed the Minister of Finance. I am made to understand that this investigation is going on.
May the Honourable Member bear with me until the results of this investigation are released.
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