NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
6. Mr S Esau (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:
(a) How many doctors employed by the SA Military Health Services
(SAMHS) in non-clinical positions have been claiming (i) occupation-
specific salary dispensation (OSD) clinical salaries and (ii) commuted
medical overtime category 3 and (b) in each case, (i) what is the name
of the doctor concerned, (ii) what position(s) do they currently
occupy, (iii) from what date have they been claiming, (iv) what is the
monetary value of their claims to date and (v) who authorised the
claims? NW6E
REPLY
I am in the process of setting up a Task Team comprising of
professionals in the medical fraternity that will investigate
factors that are adversely affecting the optimum functioning of the
Military Hospitals in the South African National Defence force.
The report of the Task Team will therefore inform a reply in this
regard.