NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 667
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 March 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 7)
Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) What is the (a) actual and (b) optimal number of staff at the Medical
Bureau for Occupational Diseases (MBOD) for each specified category of
employee;
(2) whether the MBOD has a data capturing system to record all
applications; if not, why not; if so, how many data capturers are
there?
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REPLY:
1) (a) The actual number of doctors that are supposed to be
permanently appointed at the MBOD is five, then there should be
no less than three doctors in the Certification committee, and
not more than five doctors. The Certification Committee and the
Reviewing Authority are tripartite committees, of doctors
representing the Department of Health, the employersâ
representatives the Chamber of Mines and representatives of
organised labour. There are four doctors appointed at the MBOD
out of five that have to be permanently appointed. There are ten
doctors that are in the two committees mentioned above. These
doctors are appointed on sessions. Two radiologists one
appointed part time. One radiographer, one occupational health
nurse, two clinical technologists, 45 admin clerks 10 cleaners
and nine security officers. One Deputy Director.
(b) The Optimal number for permanently appointed doctors is
supposed to be five. For the two Committees, there should be as
many doctors as the Minister allows on an advice and request of
the Director of the MBOD. There should be three radiographers,
two occupational health nursing practitioners and about 75 admin
clerks who work as data capturers. There could also be as many
deputy directors as the Minister allows as on the advice and
request by the Director of the MBOD. Otherwise the other
categories are optimally filled.
(2) The MBOD does have an integrated IT system called the Ex-mine Worker
Compensation System. There are currently 45 data capturers with a
designation of admin clerks.
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