1. The province should attend to the issue of staff shortages and gaps as a matter of urgency and must report to the Committee on progress made within six months. 2. Hospitals should make sure that they have the relevant equipment and equipment maintenance plans are in place. 3. The province should adopt a needs-based approach to budgeting and meet with the hospitals to determine the actual needs of the hospitals and budget accordingly. The planning should inform the budget and not the other way round. 4. The National Department of Health should attend to the issue of a tertiary hospital and should assist the province in making sure that it has a tertiary hospital. 5. Rapid scale-up in implementing strategies and interventions to improve patient waiting times. 6. Urgently address high mortality rates through research into factors that contributes to mortality rates and implement evidence-based targeted interventions. 7. Address the issue of ambulance/patient transport as this can improve mortality rates. 8. Strengthen resource planning to address sufficient bed allocations in order to ensure the appropriate number of beds provided for pregnant women.