R130 million and 8 years later and still not a single patient treated in NW clinic
5 October 2020
Note to Editors: Find attached soundbites in English and Afrikaans by DA North West Spokesperson on Health, Gavin Edwards. See pictures attached here, here and here.
During a Legislature Committee oversight visit to the Sekhing Community Health Centre in Taung recently, we found the R130 million facility closed, and two security guards being the only employees in sight.
The tender for the construction of the Centre was advertised in 2012, but, after eight years, the health centre is yet to open its doors. This R130 million project is another clear indication that the ANC run North West Provincial Government is not serious about quality healthcare to residents.
The MEC for the Department of Health, Madoda Sambatha, assured the Provincial Legislature earlier this year that the Centre would open by the end of this year, after failing to open in May 2019, but the fact that not a single construction worker is on site again points to the fact that this centre will not be ready to provide much needed medical services to the residents in the area any time soon.