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Major opposition parties rejected the NHI Bill. But with the support of five one- or two-seat parties, the ANC got the necessary approval on Tuesday.
In some public hospitals, authorities abuse the law to cover up their incompetence, caring more about their image than about saving patients’ lives – and abusing their power to bully health workers into silence.
The Gauteng provincial government has been given tight deadlines to appoint a permanent CEO at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, refurbish the facility, appoint skilled health workers and gazette the facility as a tertiary hospital.
The Gauteng health system lies in tatters while dedicated healthcare workers soldier on under-resourced, underpaid and overworked
Pregnant patients at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital were left to sleep on the floor in filthy conditions with broken toilets, while hospital CEO Dr Nozuko Mkabayi was present at work on only 182 days over two years.