Question NW2796 to the Minister of Health
30 October 2017 - NW2796
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Health
What amount is his department paying to a certain company (name furnished) for the contract to provide radiotherapy to cancer patients in Kwa-Zulu Natal?
Reply:
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health agreed on a fixed fee structure to see between 51-75 patients in a month for a maximum of six (6) months at a cost of R56 422 per patient.
The following services will be provided by the service provider:
- Facility and Oncologist fee.
- Number of treatments per patient: 20 Days or once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks depending on treatment protocol; 50:50 split is envisaged.
- Transport for patients between facilities and Richards Bay Medical Institute.
- Radiation treatment to be provided include stereotatic for 2% of population seen, 3D single for 20% of the population, 3D Multiple for 70%, IMRT for 6% and Electron-manual for 2% of population seen.
Furthermore, if patients exceed or are below the figure agreed upon then a process is in place to charge accordingly.
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