Availability of facilities, equipment and medicines . The Department of Health is always under funded. . Clinics often run out of medication and patients are offered only Panado. . Some clinics have no water supply, they have broken toilet seats and they have poor maintenance standards. . The lack of resources at clinics often result in patients having to bring their own stationery on which to write reports and records of their illnesses. . There are no telephone lines at some clinics as a result of theft and nurses are compelled to use their cellular phones to communicate with the department. . Mobile clinics do not arrive on the dates and times as scheduled. . Government needs to build more clinics as traveling becomes a problem for the elderly and the disabled, especially at Madjembeni village. . Medication is highly priced at the pharmacies. Government should do something to curb the unscrupulous behaviour of medical aid schemes. . There is a shortage of shoes for the people with disabilities at clinics and hospitals. . Some clinics do not have wheel chairs to assist patients. . There is a shortage of ambulances at clinics and hospitals. . There are long waiting lists for beds at hospitals to accommodate patients. . Some facilities at clinics are not conducive to the storing of certain medicines.