Gauteng hospitals fail to spend R59m on equipment
15 August 2016
Gauteng public hospitals failed to spend R59 million out of R480 million that was budgeted for equipment last year.
This is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
According to Mahlangu, "underspending was incurred within the District, Psychiatric, Other Specialized, Tuberculosis, Dental Training, Provincial Tertiary and Central hospitals and this was due to payment of key non-negotiable items within goods and services item that were prioritized."
The biggest underspend was at the Helen Joseph, Kalafong and Tembisa hospitals, which failed to spend R34 million that was allocated to them for equipment.