NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 678
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 05)
Ms J Steenkamp (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Did the Bloemhof Clinic have adequate supplies of pediatric medication on
Monday 26 May 2014; if not, why not; if so, why was Ms Maserame Mogoregi
and her son turned away from that facility when her son required this
medication?
NW762E
REPLY:
According to the North West Provincial Department of Health â
Yes, Boitumelo Clinic had adequate supplies of paediatric medication on 26
May 2014. Ms Maserame Mogoregi was never turned away. She brought her child
(Onalenna Mogoregi) to Boitumelo Clinic on 26 May 2014 complaining of
cough. The child was attended to and given medication. On 29 May 2014 the
child was taken to Bloemhof Community Health Centre, this time presenting
with diarrhoea and vomiting, and visibly dehydrated. He was put on a drip,
given Vitamin A and was admitted. He was subsequently referred to
Klerksdorp Hospital and unfortunately passed away en route to the Hospital.
END.