NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 385
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 03 August 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 20)
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether he has been informed that the SA Medical Devices Association is
facing bankruptcy as a result of cash flow problems; if not, what is the
position in this regard not; if so, what are the relevant details?
CW490E
REPLY:
The National Department of Health has not been informed about the South
African Medical Device Association being bankrupt. We are aware of device
companies facing cash flow problems due to the late payment of accounts in
the various provinces. The matter has been discussed at the National Health
Council and provinces have been urged to pay their accounts.
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