Provincial health mec nomafrench mbombo
WC Health looking forward to deployment of SANDF in crime hotpots
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula earlier this week promised the army will be deployed to crime-riddled areas in various provinces.
In the most recent incident, criminals held up an ambulance crew at gunpoint as a critically injured child lay in the back. The boy subsequently died.
Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo did an unannounced visit at the Karl Bremer Hospital near Bellville. The MEC visited the paediatric, psychiatric and emergency care wards.
Provincial Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo says snap visits like these are important to keep standards high.
Patients, as well as nursing staff at the Malmesbury hospital, have been moved to other healthcare facilities.
The old section of the Swartland District Hospital in Malmesbury caught alight late Saturday, resulting in 76 patients being evacuated.
Emergencies increased by eight percent between 4 December and 13 January.
Nomafrench Mbombo has called on communities to protect EMS teams working in high risk areas.
Theuns Botha will be replaced by Nomafrench Mbombo as Provincial Health MEC.