With reference to reports being received that highly qualified medical personnel are being turned down for positions in hospitals and other public health institutions in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) because they do not meet the BEEE criteria, what (a) exactly are the criteria and/or protocols for employing specialised personnel in his department, (b) are the reasons that specialised personnel are being denied positions which are (i) not filled and (ii) being re-advertised after being rejected for the same positions and (c) is the current vacancy statistics for (i) paediatricians, (ii) dieticians, (iii) surgeons and (iv) other specialists in the KZN hospitals?