Premier Mabuyane under fire for moving E Cape head of health
Activists have criticised EC premier Oscar Mabuyane’s decision to ‘second’ the head of health to a special unit in his office.
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Activists have criticised EC premier Oscar Mabuyane’s decision to ‘second’ the head of health to a special unit in his office.
140 of the country’s top healthcare leaders have written to Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla demanding the public health sector be fixed.
Western Cape health officials reflect on first Covid-19 cases from a year ago Share Cape Town - Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said that how the province managed its first Covid-19 cases in 2020 is exactly how they would have handled the situation if were to have occurred today. The MEC and other health officials were conducting the weekly digicon reflecting on the past year since the first Covid-19 case was reported in the province. Mbombo was joined by head of Health, Dr Keith Cloete, and head of Emergency Medicine, Dr Wayne Smith, at the Disaster Management Centre in Cape Town ...
"The sheer scale of it took everybody by surprise," said Dr Keith Cloete, the head of the Department of Health in the Western Cape.