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The Gauteng government has paid more than R400m to victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy seven years ago.

The DA in Gauteng says it's "dismayed" by the delay in the presidential proclamation needed to expand the probe into the Tembisa Hospital payments scandal, exposed by slain Gauteng health official and whistleblower, Babita Deokaran.

Ostomy surgery is a life-saving procedure that allows bodily waste to pass through a surgically created stoma on the abdomen into a prosthetic known as a ‘pouch’ or ‘ostomy bag’ on the outside of the body or an internal surgically created pouch for continent diversion surgeries.



A total of 11 054 patients are on the waiting lists for surgery in Tshwane public hospitals, with some having to wait almost five years

It is a race against the clock to keep to the timetable for repairs at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

Delays in the procurement of specialised machinery and in filling of critical posts are among the reasons for 36,237 patients being on the waiting list for operations in Gauteng public hospitals.

The DA in Gauteng has called for the security company at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg to be fired following further major copper theft.

GAUTENG Premier Panyaza Lesufi is on Tuesday, 13 December, expected to release the much-awaited preliminary Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report on the Tembisa Hospital payments flagged by slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran.

DA Gauteng spokesperson on health Jack Bloom says he will be monitoring Tambo Memorial Hospital's repair process to ensure money earmarked for it is correctly distributed.


Patients lives were put at risk after a copper pipe supplying water to two general theatres in the hospital was stolen on Wednesday.