NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1049
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 March 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 9)
Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether any person has been held accountable for (a) infant and (b) child
deaths at any health facility since 27 April 1994; if not, why not; if so,
in each case, (i) what are their names, (ii) what positions did they hold,
(iii) at which health facility did they work, (iv) how many deaths are
involved and (v) what have been the consequences for each person?
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REPLY:
All health professionals employed by the public health sector are required
to be registered by the relevant statutory council before employment. This
practice predates April 1994.
These councils include the Health Professions Council (HPCSA), the South
African Nursing Council (SANC) and the South African Pharmacy Council
(SAPC).
All professional and ethical transgressions are therefore sanctioned by
these Councils should a member be found guilty or culpable.
Should the Honourable Member need a list of people sanctioned by these
councils since 1994, then the Honourable Member may make such a request.
END.