Posts tagged with 'health services'

 

Department of Health: Medical negligence claims increase to more than R104 billion in 2019 due to extremely poor medic services in health sector

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Claims of patients instituted due to medical negligence by the state’s institutions have risen dramatically, highlighting the extremely poor medical services in the health sector.

Over the past four years to 2019, more than R104 billion has been claimed by patients or their relatives against the Department of Health.

Observers point out that this is a clear indication of the quality of health services in state entities, which according to statistics is a four-fold increase in claims over the previous four-year term.

The claims are largely due to negligence in government hospitals, and people who do not have a medical scheme are the victims because they have no alternative solution.

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184 staff members of the Gauteng Health Services own private businesses and trade with government departments

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It has been revealed that  184 staff  members of the Gauteng Health Services  own private businesses that trade with government departments including the Health Department.

These services include medical supplies, food, publications, funerals and even emergency services.

Unconfirmed reports state that staff are sometimes in the “good position” to decide for themselves that the Health Service will make use of their services.

The astronomical figures in question apparently explain why the Department remains financially in the red, while the staff not only receive salary, but also realize astronomical profits with the delivery of goods and services that could be purchased directly from the Health Services.

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Launching NHI is not going to improve healthcare – SA health services could face a shortfall of 400,000 nurses by 2025

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The government’s intention to launch a National Health Insurance already appears to be incoherent. Apart from the only two days the members were given to an advisory committee to determine which medical conditions would be covered, another “massive problem” has now emerged:

Prospective nursing staff are hampered by the accreditation of Institutions where they had to be trained, apparently placed on the long track. This means that no nursing staff will be trained next year. Currently, there is an estimated ratio of 1 nurse to 1,000 patients nationwide and this ratio will continue to deteriorate.

Another problem is students who want to be trained as nurses for Intensive care, neonatal care and pediatrics, trauma, and casualty posts. Maintaining our current primary health care is already showing serious shortcomings and will now be further undermined.

If the Minister of Health, Zwelini Mkhizi remains apathetic to this problem, there may be a shortage of 400,000 n
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