Gauteng short of 39 clinics
19 April 2017
Thirty-nine new clinics need to be built in Gauteng in order to cover the health needs of an expanding population.
This is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
According to Ramokgopa, there are currently 369 clinics in Gauteng, of which 340 are "adequately utilised".
She says that 29 clinics serve too few patients as they are "situated in an effectual elite area where most of the population are insured".