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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....
Activists have criticised EC premier Oscar Mabuyane’s decision to ‘second’ the head of health to a special unit in his office.
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.
Two years ago, Orsmond TB Hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay closed. This made headlines after it emerged that 45 staff members were still being paid.