The way South Africa’s health sector is governed leaves hospitals exposed to corruption. Hospital chief executive officers are political appointments, and so are the people at the accountability bodies and regulators such as the Office of Health Standards Compliance that are set up to hold the executives responsible. Independent hospital boards must play this role instead, writes this expert.
The way South Africa's health sector is governed leaves hospitals exposed to corruption. Hospital chief executive officers are political appointments, and so are the people at the accountability bodies and regulators such as the Office of Health Standards Compliance. Independent hospital boards must play this role instead, writes Alex van der Heever.
The way South Africa’s health sector is governed leaves hospitals exposed to corruption. Hospital chief executives are political appointments, and so are the people at the accountability bodies and regulators such as the Office of Health Standards Compliance that are set up to hold the execut.
Healthcare practitioners working in the rural Eastern Cape struggle not only with a lack of staff and resources but also with the belief systems at play in most of the communities they service.more This is most notable in pregnant women and infants, where unsafe traditional remedies, practices and myths are used to induce labour or cure an ailment.