Meeting with the Department of Health over first Quarter Performance Report for the 2023/24 financial year.

Portfolio Committee on Health and Social Development led by Hon Gavin Edwards held an oversight meeting with the Department of Health over first Quarter Performance Report for the 2023/24 financial year.

MEC for the Department of Health, Madoda Sambatha informed the Committee that the department achieved 86 percent of their targets on 8 programmes. “Major factors that contributes to challenges include non-pregnancy infections on HIV, hypertension, smoking and other infectious diseases, and shortage of ambulances, high volume of x-ray calls from Moses Kotane Hospital and construction work permit issued late for finalization of designs,” said MEC Sambatha.

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