Question NW1568 to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

Hattingh, Mr C to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans

(1) What are the relevant details of the (a) organogram of the Presidential Medical Unit (PMU) and (b) policy and directives that determine the scope of the Medical and Emergency Support being provided by and through the PMU? (2) (a) on what date and (b) by whom was it decided that she should also be supported by the PMU? (3) whether, taking into account the underfunding of her department as a result of government austerity measures and the quality of medical care received by military members and military veterans, she has found that the R 100 million per annum and/or RI million per month per person supported by the PMU is justified, if not, how will the functioning and cost of the PMU be brought into realistic expenditure, if so, what is the reasoning and motivation of her finding?