Ebola: Will South Africa ever be truly ready?
15 October 2014
I will write to the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, to request as a matter of urgency that he provide good reason for cutting Ebola treatment sites in South Africa from 11 to just 3.
From 11 Ebola Treatment Centres, Minister Motsoaledi has backtracked now declaring only three Treatment Centres in the country. This gravely affects our preparedness to tackle Ebola.
It is entirely possible for a person infected by Ebola to arrive in South Africa by sea or a combination of air, rail or land travel and therefore a critical mass of medically skilled individuals with the necessary technological assistance must be stationed at every port of entry.
The DA submits that without a medical doctor monitoring each of these ports of entry, and any temperature scanning equipment placed there, no effective screening is truly in place.