Ramathuba is raising important issues that should not be ignored, but with the wrong person. She should be discussing the issue of our porous borders, which is among the challenges that lead to illegal immigrants crossing into SA for medical care, with her colleagues in the home affairs department.
As pressure mounts on Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba following her controversial comments about foreigners flooding public hospitals, her boss Premier Stanley Mathabatha went to ground, with his office saying he could not respond on the matter.
Limpopo is one of the provinces affected by patients from outside the country coming here for treatment, the health department acknowledges, while reminding healthworkers that all patients should be treated with dignity.