Last week I attended the funeral of a 13-year-old patient of mine who I have looked after for years at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.I wish you could be there to see the pain and grief that these parents and their families go through.
I wish you could come and explain to parents that their child needs an urgent computerised tomography scan of the brain but he’s going to have to wait, since our scanner has been broken for nearly three months, Chris Hani Baragwanath is overflowing, and Charlotte Maxeke has had crucial parts of its scanner stolen.I wish you would come and look at the toilets when the water has been off because the local water reservoir was running low.
Are you worried about the greedy lawyers who are waiting in the wings, suing your department for millions because a premature infant went blind because there was no functional meter monitoring her oxygen delivery? Despite the ever-expanding demand for health services, the Gauteng Department of Health budget is decreasing in real terms.
MYANC Our_DA EFFSouthAfrica HelpSAFirst David_Makhura have you seen this
Things are falling apart in SA and we're quickly becoming a broken society...
These days they do what they want
still sleep at night?
Well done doc👏👏
Mandela warned us against the return of dictatorship and censoring the people. Here we are again. Authoritarian regime style returned in government 2022. Let us not be silent. Love our people ❤️🙏🏽🎚️🇿🇦
He will earn far more in private practice with modern, clean facilities so ANCParliament ***holes, you are doing him a favour. Not for all the state patients he treats. But then, the ANCParliament doesn't give a damn about their people, only interested in looting & power!!
Where are all the opposition MPs to defend and protect him
What does foreigners have to do with state of hospitals as per his open letter, your ANC grew and attacked this country using those countries as a base now they not welcome here. This clearly just a failing health department who has no answers to the allegations made.
This is shocking. So we must just accept wats going on in Healthcare. Would a black Dr get suspended for voicing his opinion
Health department is a joke
Same as in America, you have the politician’s thoughts and prayers! But no accountability unfortunately.
DrTimDeMaayer is a SouthAfrican Hero for speaking out against this useless government We must support the likes of DrTimDeMaayer
He's situation pains me but our voices need to be heard from home Affairs minister in how to curb his influx of foreigners into our country, minister of public works on restoring efficient borders and minister of health for failing to keep our children alive
Let’s sign a petition to restore him , his observations were genuine and he was concerned !
We need to be a society that forces accountability and responsibility on our leaders, truth needs to be told, sometimes at the expense of others, but our generation can't be silenced anymore, these hospitals are dilapidated, old structures with nothing inside
Thank you Doc for your bravery, knowing what would happen. We need more insiders like you. Mothers who lost their babies were made liers cover up left with no justice. Not to mention its clear those rude Nurses enjoy this condition as long as they get paid No Passion
How as citizens of this country stand and watch this decay and do nothing about it.
Heartless decision. They'll tell us about booby trapped communication channels he should have used to air his views. 😭😭
The families of those stalwarts who these hospitals have been named after may just do the honourable thing, request the ANC government to discontinue using their respectable family members' names. You don't want your family to be associated with rubbish.
Like shooting the dog for barking at the burglar.
Well it's clear as broad day light that any ethical hardworking citizen in an enemy to the ANC
Absolutely disgusting move by GautengHealth
They trying to stop other Doctors from speaking out!!! SOUTH AFRICA DOCTORS MUST SPEAK UP/OUT and stand behind Dr Tim!!!!!
Strange, I read not so long ago whistle blowers were to be listened too and protected, the ANC said this publicly. The ANC lie.
'OUT! OUT! OUT !THE ANC MUST OUT' Enjoy your VoetsekANC Friday!
David_Makhura Sir, we know you’re leaving soon, but please sort this out🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I guess they chose to shoot the messenger 😢
Such disgusting behavior by .GautengHealth . We must get rid of this government who cares more for filling their pocket then the lives of children .David_Makhura
Hand over to Jack Bloom please
David_Makhura Lesufi JacobMamaboloSA
GautengHealth are crazy, aloof and smoking something illegal. They collapsing the system here in Gauteng and are stil not developing anything let alone recruiting young people of South Africa. MYANC David_Makhura is talking but no action on the ground. Yerrr
When do we start prosecutions of GautengHealth HealthZA These people only care about money, there is no ethical standards.
PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa Dear Mr.Prez. I know you a busy with party politics but can you intervene here urgently please.
God have mercy
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MMC_Sauls1st here’s something for you today. Akere you want to fix the system
TimDeMaayer today suspended for “serious misconduct”. Banned from hospital property - may “endanger patients” or “interfere with witnesses” or “reoffend”. Unconscionable - bullying/intimidation tactics being used against a true patient advocate instead of addressing real issues.
They couldn’t care less ….
Today, GautengHealth came to work & issued the suspension of a dedicated pediatrician. This will ensure failure of the pediatric gastro service at Rahima Moosa Hospital, have a domino effect on his colleagues & their ability to care for sick kids. How do they sleep at night?
GautengHealth , the delinquent, has suspended Dr TimDeMaayer the whistleblower!GautengProvince is going to come out of this looking like the callous and corrupt child killing organisation it is
So hospitals get load shed, while the important members of cabinet, parly and eshkom execs don't get load shed bcos.... We can't get hospital equipment working but can afford blue light convoys for mecs... Yah neh
Just like the taxi driver who drives on the pavement against traffic, these politicians simply don't care. Fear of consequence or regard for what's right simply don't enter the mind space.
No governing politician should be allowed to use private medical facilities
More public health care workers must shed light on the appalling state of all of our hospitals. It's about time the people realise that this level of care is not the norm!
When in a coma, you don't wake up....It cannot be changed without changing these useless incompetant people in charge....and that will never happen.
Great question, for our politicians as well
This is totally sick. We have an ailing public health system. Our health system is chronically ill. Our government has a chronic looting illness! Go figure!!
Name all those HOD's, and the officials they report to, so that we can put pressure on them to act.
Closed colleges, no proper management of infrastructure. Disgusting use of methods in the health sector. Mainly just don’t care a hoot about the number one priority the patient . They should be ashamed of the mess. Bring back old schools cleanliness colleges and be inspired !
Useless department useless management incompetent souls running the show. So sad !
Time2Coach A good and brave man.
Naledi Pandor to take note. Cuba is miles ahead and she wants to hand them humanitarian exorbitant gifts worth millions. No Pandor you are a disgrace seen from the eyes of our poor SA citizens. The ANC must just go.
PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa DrZweliMkhize Shame on you all!
Makes one so angry
Comrades use private health care. What happens in public health care is not their problem.
It is because, the attitude is 'me,myself and I that matters' just pay my s
What wake up call? Those sansabtches don't care!
RediTlhabi with the greatest of ease. Look at our erstwhile Health Minister, our Man Zweli, of the righteous lecture about Doing the Right Thing, while stealing and lying and looting on an almost continuous basis, and making no bones about that. That's the example to all. Jesus Wept.
They could start by visiting the hospitals at odd hours, without a tribe of security people, guided tours, etc. Then they will see how appalling the conditions are.
Our government is hurtful. The sooner we vote them out the better
It is worse. Went to Hillbrow Centre to check someone after an accident yerrrr. Just does not feel like a hospital or a care centre. I am sure Afghan hospitals look better than what I saw.
Hope Dr. de Maayer does not face repercussions from speaking the truth! Even Professors have been suspended for speaking out against this corrupt regime!
PresidencyZA CyrilRamaphosa Please read - applies to most Government Deparments & SOE's
They have no conscious. Do forget it Nice effort though
OUTASA There is no ubuntu in the public health institutions - cc Hillbrow, Charlotte Maxeke Joburg Gen, etc - run by the HealthZA nor Hippocratic Oath in private healthcare that serves less than 30% of the population. And there'll be neither in a NHI, w/ a gov. committed to corruption.
OUTASA And receive your salary without any guilt feelings.
Because they do not give a damn about the people of SA. All they care about is lining their own pockets. There is corruption in all government in the world, but the MYANC has managed to take it to a new level.
Wake up South Africa! With the ANC suffering will only get worse. How do we allow this!!!!! Shame on you PresidencyZA GautengANC !!!!!
SAfricans don't understand They somehow think the ANC cares
As some else tweeted : The ANC love for money is much greater than their love for the people
Its Not the Interest of the ANC Government to help the Poor, It is in the ANC Governments Interest to Deceive the Poor. Money is the ANC's God.
They don't care. As long as THEIR lives are sorted, there is nothing to worry about. Let's have our next KFC bucket and hotel stay.
This is what the whole population will be subjected to under NHI. Anyone who thinks NHI will improve general health care in SA is delusional.
The risky Health Department will never answer the open letter, because they have been captured in a coma of Dreamland, and will wake up.
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