South Africa: Funding Shortfall and Poor Roads to Blame for Ambulance Woes, Says Eastern Cape Health Dept allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some residents in the Eastern Cape have been left frustrated by delays or outright lack of response by Emergency Medical Services in the province. This is in part caused by a chronic shortage of ambulances and paramedics. Recent labour disputes have further complicated the situation.
'That’s the standard technique of privatisation: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.' Noam Chomsky 'That’s the standard technique of privatisation: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital..
Four Eastern Cape heads of department have been shunted from their positions in a move by the provincial government to crack the whip on non-performance.The Daily Dispatch can confirm that the provincial head of the department of health,Dr Rolene Wagner, transport’s Mzi Mafani, co-operative governance and traditional affairs’ Andile Fani and human settlements’ Tabisa Poswa have been moved from their positions.