Gauteng Health should admit there is a crises
25 May 2022
The Gauteng Health Department has given a weak response to the heartfelt plea by Dr Tim De Maayer who wrote an open letter this week about the crisis at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (RMMCH).
Dr De Maayer describes how “things are falling apart”, and children are dying because of basic services not being available.
I challenged Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi in the health budget debate yesterday in the Gauteng Legislature to admit that there is a full-scale crisis, rather than “pressures” as she has said in a recent interview.
But her response was only more of the same that we have heard before, that the department is responding and issues are being addressed.