5.3.2.2 Responses . Patients who are not on the critical list should be encouraged to go and convalesce at home in order to free up beds for those who are critical. . Parents, religious leaders and cultural organisations should encourage and promote celibacy among the youth to minimise the spread of HIV/Aids and teenage pregnancy. . The relevant parliamentary committee should ask the Department of Health to account better with regard to the monitoring of funds, because it is obvious that funds allocated for certain projects are not spent on those projects. . The department fails to pay its suppliers, therefore the suppliers do not deliver medicines at hospitals and clinics. . The department should provide assistive devices such as hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc. . Infrastructure at health facilities is vandalised by members of the communities in which those facilities are located. The Community Policing Forums must assist in curbing the vandalising of property in health facilities. Members of the community must desist from buying stolen window frames, doors etc, to discourage theft, and must act to protect public facilities because they have been provided for their benefit. . There is a general lack of hygiene at the Lydenburg and Sabie Hospitals. . People in rural areas suffer because local nurses prefer to go and serve in other provinces. . The local management structures in all provinces should know how to access specialist services such as laboratory and orthopedic services, if not, they should contact the Chief Director.