ActionSA to Approach SAHRC if Mpumalanga Health MEC Fails to Address Shongwe Hospital Grievances
Thoko Mashiane
ActionSA Mpumalanga Provincial Chairperson
ActionSA calls on Mpumalanga Health MEC, Sasekani Manzini, to address Schoemansdal Community’s concerns about maladministration and corruption at the Shongwe hospital that are threatening the lives of patients.
Failing this, ActionSA will not hesitate to lodge a formal complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for this failure to provide proper healthcare to the community as is their constitutional right.
ActionSA members, led by Regional Chairperson, Norman Sibitane, this month handed over a list of grievances highlighted by the community to the Shongwe Hospital management about the lack of healthcare service delivery in the community bordering on Eswatini by the provincial ANC government.
The grievances raised by the community include:
Lack of proper hygiene inside both inside wards and general waiting areas which includes dirty windows, corridors with spider webs, and dirty floors.
Poorly maintained infrastructure with pipes leaking, causing hazards for both staff and patients.
Sub-standard food prepared for patients.
Poorly equipped and not enough emergency vehicles.
Hospital corridors which are not roofed with patients, therefore, being exposed to the elements.
Lack of air-conditioning and fire hydrants in the hospital.
Inadequate record keeping of patients while patients themselves have to wait long hours to receive files.
Poorly maintained gardens and lack of grass cutting around the hospital.
Medicine shortages for patients.
Poor staff working conditions, especially for nurses.
Poorly maintained infrastructure,
The disregard by the Mpumalanga ANC-led health department is threatening the lives of community members, and it is astounding that the department is disregarding basic human dignity by ignoring basic health principles at the Shongwe hospital.
ActionSA calls on the Mpumalanga Health Department to respond to community concerns and give feedback to the community.
Action SA will continue to fight for the rights of South Africans, both in rural and urban areas, to ensure that they get the services they deserve, and are enabled to live better lives. This as ANC governments across South Africa continue to fail our people.
ActionSA to Approach SAHRC if Mpumalanga Health MEC Fails to Address Shongwe Hospital Grievances
ActionSA calls on Mpumalanga Health MEC, Sasekani Manzini, to address Schoemansdal Community’s concerns about maladministration and corruption at the Shongwe hospital that are threatening the lives of patients.
Failing this, ActionSA will not hesitate to lodge a formal complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for this failure to provide proper healthcare to the community as is their constitutional right.
ActionSA members, led by Regional Chairperson, Norman Sibitane, this month handed over a list of grievances highlighted by the community to the Shongwe Hospital management about the lack of healthcare service delivery in the community bordering on Eswatini by the provincial ANC government.
The grievances raised by the community include:
The disregard by the Mpumalanga ANC-led health department is threatening the lives of community members, and it is astounding that the department is disregarding basic human dignity by ignoring basic health principles at the Shongwe hospital.
ActionSA calls on the Mpumalanga Health Department to respond to community concerns and give feedback to the community.
Action SA will continue to fight for the rights of South Africans, both in rural and urban areas, to ensure that they get the services they deserve, and are enabled to live better lives. This as ANC governments across South Africa continue to fail our people.