NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 524
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 34)
Mrs B L Abrahams (DA-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether (a) his department and (b) each provincial department has a budget
for telemedicine; if not, why not; if so, how much (i) was allocated by
each entity for the (aa) 2008-09, (bb) 2009-10 and (cc) 2010-11 financial
years and (ii) has been spent to date?
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REPLY:
a) There is no budget at the National and
b) Provincial Departments of Health allocated specifically to
telemedicine. The budget structure allocates global resources to each
programme and sub-programme. Sources of funding for telemedicine
include Health Professionals Training and Development grant and the
Hospital Revitalisation Grant for providing telemedicine equipment in
hospitals being revitalised.
i) Not applicable;
(aa) Not applicable;
(bb) Not applicable;
(cc) Not applicable.
ii) Not applicable.
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