Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi faced questions from the DA’s shadow MEC for Health, Jack Bloom, around the recent News24 investigation - which has revealed how whistleblower Babita Deokara flagged R850 million in suspicious payments from Tembisa Hospital before her murder.
The DA’s shadow health MEC Jack Bloom says they are not satisfied with the answer from Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi on the Babita Deokaran probe.
Johannesburg’s Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital has come under fire for the suspension of a clinician who blew the whistle on the dire conditions at the facility.
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said that following demonstrations at the Chris Baragwanath and Helen Joseph hospitals, the department had adopted a new approach to retaining the affected staff.