Question NW2612 to the Minister of Health
22 September 2023 - NW2612
Komane, Ms RN to ask the Minister of Health
With reference to his reply to question 1754 on 12 June 2023, what are the relevant details of the personnel who were placed at the clinic when it was operational, (b) on what date did each person (i) start to work at the clinic and (ii) leave the service of the clinic and (d) what are the reasons that the satellite clinic was closed?
Reply:
According to the North West provincial health department:
(a) Makolokwe Ward 29 in Rustenburg has a mobile service point and staff are not appointed to the service point but are assigned from the Sub-district office to perform the mobile service. The current staff that are on the mobile clinic are: 1 x Professional Nurse; 1 x Enrolled Nursing Assistant and 1 x Driver.
(b) (i) and (ii) Please see response to (a) above. Furthermore, there are no staff members specifically allocated to the mobile services as they are from the fixed clinic the mobile is attached to, hence when the professional nurse for the mobile is not available, one professional nurse from the facility will be rendering mobile services.
(c) The health service point has never operated as a satellite clinic but operated as a mobile point since 2002 as indicated in the response (a) (i) to question 1754 on 12 June 2023. This mobile point was not closed but in pursuit of better conditions (parking space, waiting area for patients) moved to the Community Hall in the same Ward 29. The mobile service is still operational to date.
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