Hon Chairperson, I hereby move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes the plans of the Department of Health for a new medical school in Limpopo to increase the number of doctors in South Africa;
2) further notes that the objective of the department is to increase the number of doctors qualifying each year from 1200 to 3600 per annum;
3) also notes that the government intends to put up new infrastructure to accommodate more medical students at George Mukhari Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa east of Pretoria, at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, at King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban and at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha, Eastern Cape; and
4) takes this opportunity to welcome this plan to ensure that the country is adequately resourced with well-educated medical doctors to fulfil our health needs.
Motion agreed to in accordance with of section 65 of the Constitution.