DA asks Health MEC to turn clinic lights back on
9 October 2018
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is calling on the MEC of Health, Fufe Makatong to urgently see to it that the department settles its outstanding debt owed to Dawid Kruiper Municipality in Upington.
As of the 1 October 2018, both Paballelo and Straussburg Clinics have been functioning without electricity due to the department’s failure to settle its outstanding debt totalling thousands of Rands.
As a result, R140 000 worth of immunisations have had to be stored in cool temperatures, at an alternative venue with electricity. This in turn results in the nurse having to drive up and down at her own expense, leading to even longer lines at the already dysfunctional clinics.
With temperatures between 31 and 38 degrees this is intolerable.