Gauteng Health won't get funds from universities
21 November 2017
Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa has claimed that her department is owed R2.7 billion from universities for the funding of joint appointments of health professionals.
But Wits University has issued a statement that "categorically denies any assertion that it owes the GDoH any funds for joint health professional appointments."
According to Wits, the joint appointees have historically been paid by the provincial government through the Healthcare Professions Training and Development Grant, which was more than R800 million for the 2017/18 financial year.
They argue that there was an undertaking in the Memorandum of Agreement signed with the Department to explore and evaluate the costs for the provision of clinical training in the future, but no such discussions have taken place.