Majority of Gauteng’s healthcare facilities unsafe‚ health MEC reveals
Gauteng MEC for Health Gwen Ramokgopa has revealed that the majority of the province’s healthcare facilities are unsafe. This is according to a written reply from the MEC to questions in the Gauteng Legislature by DA Gauteng spokesman on health matters, Jack Bloom. According to Ramokgopa‚ health facilities inspected by the Department of Labour for biohazard and other safety issues in the last three years have failed to meet the required standards. "The Department of Labour inspectorate, over the past three years, has conducted various audits‚ inspections and investigations covering hazardous biological agents and complaints investigations at several of the department’s facilities. Inspections [covered] much more than just biohazards or hazardous biological agents‚ and also [included] noise measurements and occupational hazards‚" said Ramokgopa. She said that all the audited facilities received either a non-compliance finding‚ such as a contravention, and/or an improvement compliance...
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