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22 September 2023 - NW2607

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Chirwa, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Health

(a) What are the reasons that over 100 clinics in Mpumalanga do not have visiting doctors, (b) how do the patients who use the specified health facilities get the attention of doctors, (c) what steps has his department taken to address the situation, (d) by what date will it be a normal occurrence that patients at all 100 clinics have access to a visiting doctor, (e) what are the names of the clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors and (f) in which wards are they located?

Reply:

According to Mpumalanga provincial department of health:

(a) There are 62 clinics out of 294 clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors because of difficulty to recruit and retain doctors.

(b) Patients who use the specified health facilities and those who needs to be seen by the doctors are referred to the nearest referral hospital, since the Primary Health Care services are nurse managed with doctor support.

(c) The department is contracting GPs to increase support to PHC facilities and is currently in the process of contracting a total of 69 general medical practitioners to increase support to PHC facilities.

(d) It is not possible to provide this date because it is uncertain what the recruitment/contracting process will yield for 62 clinics that do not have visiting doctors.

(e) and (f) PHC Facilities that do not have visiting doctors and the wards in which they are located are in the tables below:

District

Sub-district

(e) what are the names of the clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors and

(f) in which wards are they located?

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela North
  1. Clau-Clau

10

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela North
  1. Khumbula

34

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela North
  1. Manzini

7

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela North
  1. Zwelisha
  

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela South
  1. Glenthorpe clinic

45

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela South
  1. Kaapsehoop clinic

30

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela South
  1. Boulders clinic

30A

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela South
  1. Low’s Creek clinic

43

Ehlanzeni

City of Mbombela South
  1. Louieville clinic

30B

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Masibekela

14

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Figtree

11

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Mbangwane

12

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Mbuzini

13

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Ndindindi

13

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Strydomblok (Municipality)

6b

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Mananga

12

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Dludluma

6

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Jeppes Reef

32

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Driekoppies

26

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Middelplaas

31

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Jeppes Rust

18

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Mgobodzi

15

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Sihlangu

16

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Sikhwahlane

19

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Phiva

10

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Boschfontein

23

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Sibange

16

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Ritchershoek

29

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Buffelspruit

29

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Schoemansdal

28

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Ntunda

19

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. Schulzendal

31

Ehlanzeni

Nkomazi
  1. KaMdladla

07

Ehlanzeni

Thaba Chweu
  1. Brondal

11

Ehlanzeni

Thaba Chweu
  1. Simile

06

Ehlanzeni

Thaba Chweu
  1. Kiwi Clinic

05

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Calcutta Clinic

03

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Mkhuhlu Clinic

01

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Oaklely Clinic

24

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Jim-brown Clinic

06

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Thokozani Clinic

06

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Madras Clinic

02

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Cottondale Clinic

20

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Moreipuso Clinic

32

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Orinocco Clinic

12

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Arthurseat Clinic

10

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Xanthia Clinic

37

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Zoeknog Clinic

32

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Cork Clinic

23

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Belfast Clinic

23

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Goromane clinic

01

Ehlanzeni

Bushbuckridge
  1. Skukuza Clinic

38

Total PHC facilities not supported by a doctor in Ehlanzeni: 52

District

Sub district

(e) what are the names of the clinics in Mpumalanga that do not have visiting doctors and

(f) in which wards are they located?

Gert Sibande

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Diepdale Clinic

01
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Glenmore Clinic

11
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Swallowsnest Clinic

06
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Bettysgoed Clinic

06
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Kroomdraai Clinic

12
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Vlakplaas Clinic

19
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Arhmberg Clinic

10
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Mbejeka Clinic

18
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Carolina Clinic

15
 

Chief Albert Luthuli
  1. Silobela Clinic

22

Total PHC facilities not supported by a doctor in Gert Sibande: 10

 

Grand total for Ehlanzeni and Gert Sibande= 62 PHC facilities not supported by the doctors but refers patients to the nearest hospitals.

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