Wits vice-chancellor calls for better hospital governance
More than 6,000 patients at Chris Hani Baragwanath have been waiting more than six months for surgery. Those waiting for hip or knee surgery can expect to wait up to five years
Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib has challenged Gauteng premier David Makhura’s call for the health department to finance the province’s debt-ridden teaching hospitals, saying centralising their funding without fixing their deep-seated administrative and governance challenges won’t give patients a better deal.
Gauteng is home to four of SA’s 10 central hospitals, which provide specialised care for complicated cases and train healthcare professionals in partnership with university-based medical schools, including Wits. These four facilities — Charlotte Makexe, Steve Biko, Chris Hani Baragwanath and Dr George Mukhari — are grappling with growing waiting lists, staff and equipment shortages, and poor working conditions...
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