NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 181
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 17 OCTOBER 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 16)
Mr C F B Smit (DA-Limpopo) to ask the Minister of Health:
(a) At which hospitals were hospital Boards established in each district
municipality in the Eastern Cape, (b) which hospitals do not have
functional Boards, (c) which of these Boards have been approved by the MEC
for Health, (d) which Boards were trained and (e) when did the training
take place?
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REPLY:
a) All hospitals in the Eastern Cape have Hospital Boards. The following
hospitals are in the process of renewing/establishing new Hospital
Boards after expiry of the term of office of the existing Hospital
Boards:
|NO. |NAME OF HOSPITAL |DISTRICT |
|1 |Margery Parks |Cacadu/Sara Baartman |
|2 |BJ Vorster | |
|3 |Elizabeth Donkin | |
|4 |All Saints |Chris Hani |
|5 |Cala | |
|6 |Cofimvaba | |
|7 |Sterkstroom | |
|8 |Indwe | |
|9 |Martjie Venter | |
|10 |Dordrecht | |
|11 |Cradock | |
|12 |Elliot | |
|13 |Hewu | |
|14 |Glen Grey | |
|15 |Mjanyana | |
|16 |Wilhem Stahl | |
|17 |Molteno | |
|18 |Frontier | |
|19 |Empelisweni |Joe Gqabi |
|20 |Umlamli | |
|21 |Jamestown | |
|22 |St Francis | |
|23 |Aliwal North | |
|24 |Burgersdorp | |
|25 |Cloete Joubert | |
|26 |Lady Grey | |
|27 |Steynsburg | |
|28 |Maclear | |
|29 |Taylor Bequest (Mt | |
| |Fletcher) | |
|30 |Holy Cross |OR Tambo |
|31 |Bambisana | |
|32 |Canzibe | |
|33 |Islimela | |
|34 |St Barnabas | |
|35 |Nessie Knight | |
|36 |Zitulele | |
|37 |Dr Malizo Mphehle | |
|38 |Mthatha Regional | |
|39 |Nelson Mandela Academic | |
|40 |Sipetu |Alfred Nzo |
|41 |Taylor Bequest | |
| |(Matatiele) | |
|42 |St Patricks | |
|43 |Greenville | |
|44 |Mount Aylif | |
|45 |Madzikane ka Zulu | |
|46 |New Haven |Buffalo City |
b) An assessment of the functionality of Hospital Boards was undertaken
and the following Boards were found not to be functional:
|NO |HOSPITAL NAME |DISTRICT |
|1 |Sterkstroom |Chris Hani |
|2 |Cofimvaba |Chris Hani |
|3 |Willowmore (partly |Cacadu |
| |dysfunctional) | |
|4 |Humansdorp |Cacadu |
|5 |Arbedeen |Cacadu |
|6 |Janseville |Cacadu |
|7 |PZ Meyer |Cacadu |
However, some of these hospitals are in the process of
rewening/establishing new Hospital Boards which will have an impact on
their functionality.
c) The Boards of all hospitals in the Province were approved by the
former MEC for Health. The process of appointing the new boards for
the expired ones is underway and these will be approved by the current
MEC for Health.
d) and (e) Training of all Hospital Boards took place in the
following areas on the following dates:
|DISTRICT |PLACE OF TRAINING |DATE OF TRAINING |
|Joe Gqabi & Chris Hani |Queenstown Health Resource |29-30 September 2011 |
|Alfred Nzo & OR Tambo |Mthatha Health Resource |9-10 November 2011 |
|Amathole (including BCM)|East London Health Resource|7-8 December 2011 |
|Cacadu & Nelson Mandela |Addo Elephant Park |13-14 November 2012 |
|MM | | |
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