While Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi makes careless NHI pledges, his province’s Health department continues to weaken.
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By Jack Bloom MPL — DA Gauteng Shadow Health MEC
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi makes careless declarations on the NHI while the Gauteng Health Department stays riven by corruption and mismanagement that hurts clients.
At a project conference today, Lesufi assured citizens the following:
“After the 29th May 2024, you can go to any health center of your option, whether it’s a personal health center or a public health center or a personal center and get the very best professionals to treat you and after treating you the federal government will foot the bill”
This is yet another outrageous lie as he frantically looks for votes to be re-elected as Premier after the 29 May elections.
He is lying to South Africans and what is much more revolting is that he is lying to our moms and grannies.
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— Mmusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) April 25, 2024
The NHI Bill has actually not yet been signed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and will be challenged in the courts due to the fact that elements are unconstitutional. There is no budget plan to money it.
It is extremely reckless for Lesufi to raise expectations for the NHI to dramatically enhance health care in the future.
Client lines are long and not a single medical facility in the province complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The Department likewise depends on declaring that all surgical treatment stockpiles have actually been removed.
Every year, the Auditor General offers scathing reports about the Gauteng Health Department, in plain contrast to the tidy audits taken pleasure in by the DA-run Western Cape Health Department.
Outright lies will not repair health care in Gauteng, which experiences a deep rot that needs a high-level political modification that the DA has actually shown it can supply.
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