‘Clean up hospitals!’

“According to the six health ministerial priorities, the cleanliness of health institutions is non-negotiable, and what we found in hospitals cannot go on any longer.” These were the words of the MEC of Health and Social Development, Dr Mphata Norman Mabasa, when he visited the George Masebe-, Voortrekker- and Mokopane Hospitals last week.
Dr Mabasa, officials of his department, Mogalakwena mayor, Tlhalefi Mashamaite and a group of Mogalakwena Councillors paid a visit to the hospitals in the Mokgalakwena municipal area.
During these visits Dr Mabasa met with all the hospitals’ CEO’s and managers to discuss the challenges they face and ways to improve service delivery in the district and Limpopo.
“Some of the challenges we found here do not necessarily require money and this is why our monitoring and evaluation team needs to sit down with the various institutions and provide a turnaround plan,” Mabasa said. He pointed out that the hospitals needed to improve the 24-hour provision of quality health care and promised that they will address the problems which were raised.
During the visit Mashamaite said: “This department needs men and women who understand the oath they took to serve. Like Florence Nightingale who came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the war where she tended the wounded soldiers.
“We hope that the problems and challenges that were raised in all our meetings will be prioritised. We are hopeful that these problems will be a thing of the past,” Mashamaite concluded.