PROCUREMENT PROCESSES
Department of Health intervenes after KZN inquiry into failed cancer services
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi blames weak human resource management and unwieldy and irrational procurement policies
The Department of Health is stepping in to buy medical equipment for the KwaZulu-Natal health department, after its investigation into the state of the province’s cancer services uncovered deep-seated problems with its procurement processes. A recent probe by the South African Human Rights Commission found that delays and denial of services put the lives of KwaZulu-Natal’s cancer patients at risk and violated their rights. On Wednesday, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told Parliament that his officials had been investigating the sorry state of KwaZulu-Natal’s cancer services before the commission published its findings in June. Motsoaledi said the inquiry had concluded that weak human resource management and unwieldy and irrational procurement policies lay at the heart of the problem.
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