Rustenburg: MEC for the Department of Health, Sello Lehari wrapped up his long week programmes that enable the acceleration of provision of primary health-care services, by visiting Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital in Rustenburg.

The visit, through MEC’s Re Bona Ka Matlho Programme - comes hot on the heels of several visits to hospital sights and intervening were there are primary health service delivery challenges including those that are infrastructural.

MEC Lehari, first visited the Gelukspan District Hospital which has recently encountered delays on its infrastructure refurbishment projects, followed by his visit to the biggest bedded hospital in the province, Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital in Matlosana Local Municipality and, on Saterday he concluded his week long programme by conducting an oversight at Job Shimankana Hospital in Rustenburg Local Municipality.

MEC Lehari wants security to be beefed-up in all the hospital complexes he had visited, resolve on challenges around shortage of beds and medicines in some instances, and has pronounced that shortage of doctors and nurses will be made an apex priority.

“We should not be apologetic in resolving issues that shall benefit the poorest of the poorest. I understand that the issue of our people being hospicentric, meaning preferring hospitals over clinics remains a challenge, but we should upgrade our services at clinic-level and Community Health Centers so we can unburden pressure on our doctors and nurses in hospitals. We are all going to play a role on this. And I expect you all to do exactly as that” said MEC Lehari.

In between the visits to hospital complex, MEC Lehari also met Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) of all hospitals, imploring on them to hoist stuff moral support, prioritise cleanliness and commiting that as a political head of the Department he shall offer them support in achieving all targets of service delivery.

MEC Sello Lehari has committed that he will continue to visit hospitals and all health centers including clinics sights to first for himself and get first hand information on some of the challenges the public has been experiencing.

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