SASSA George Local Office:
Currently, the George Local Office has 3 contracted medical doctors with the focus on medical assessments for clients who could not fulfil their medical appointments due to the lockdown.
The SASSA George Local Office has also engaged the District of the Department of Health for the opening of the clinics and to make more doctors available for client initiated medical assessments. The District of the Department of Healthcould only assist with the opening of the clinics for theSASSA contracted doctors to commence with the client initiated medical assessments.
b) The following measures are in place to eradicate the existing backlog of clients waiting to be assessed.
National AssemblyWritten Reply: 2004 of 2020
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Approved by the Minister of Social Development
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