Question NW3385 to the Minister of Health
03 November 2023 - NW3385
Hlengwa, Ms MD to ask the Minister of Health
Whether he will furnish Ms M D Hlengwa with the records of the procurement of new ambulances in the 2023-24 financial year; if not, why not; if so, what are the statistics of (a) each hospitals (b) in each province?
Reply:
a) Ambulances are allocated to EMS stations which are either stand-alone or co-located in hospitals, clinics, and other public facilities. Ambulances are therefore not allocated to each hospital.
b) The number of ambulances procured in 2023-24 financial year per province is as per table below:
|
Province |
Number of Ambulances |
|
Eastern Cape |
58 |
|
Free State |
20 |
|
Gauteng |
170 |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
32 |
|
Limpopo |
500 |
|
Mpumalanga |
10 |
|
Northwest |
3 |
|
Northern Cape |
0 |
|
Western Cape |
120 |
|
Total |
913 |
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