Refilwe Moloto spoke to the director of the Rural Health Advocacy Programme Russell Rensburg about the threats posed to healthcare in rural areas now that the Certificate of Need has been deemed unconstitutional.
The community-led clinic monitoring project Ritshidze last week released its follow-up report on the state of (primary) healthcare in Mpumalanga. There were some improvements, but patients are still waiting for more than four hours to be seen at some clinics, and there are serious staff shortag.
Thabo Molelekwa looked at what has changed after the Public Protector’s recommendations and asked health experts what it will take to improve public healthcare services.