Hon member, I have just informed you that this issue about essential services and the minimum service level agreement is still under debate. If you know any health worker who stood up publicly and mentioned what you have just said, bring them forward so that this can become a criminal issue. Yes, bring them here and say who stood up.
I'm aware, for instance, that the DA went to court and reported somebody and said that the person had stood up publicly in the media and said this kind of thing. They provided evidence and also indicated that the person must be charged. I want you to do this today rather than throwing it back at me.
I mentioned, for instance, the fact that I was told there were student nurses who went to operating theatres to drag other nurses out when somebody was undergoing an operation. I said they must give me names. I will fire them here and now; they can't be health workers. This is because you can't have a health worker who kills. But I am still waiting for that to this day.
What you are saying is what you read in newspapers. The real thing that indicates the people who did this has never been put on my table. If this can be done, we will certainly take action.
The nursing council also stood up openly and said the same thing. So did the medical council. They said that if any health worker who is registered with us is found to have committed such an act, they will take them to disciplinary hearings and may actually take them off the roll.
This process can still take place, provided names are brought in. What you are saying is what you read all over the papers, or what you might have heard over the radio. [Applause.]