Vote4Health: Little accountability as Health MECs dodge questions

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Vote4Health: Little accountability as Health MECs dodge questions By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight

Responsiveness: No response was received.Responsiveness: Mbombo’s media liaison team asked for an extension and responded six days after the initial deadline.Healthcare is close to the hearts of people – why would you say you are the right person to remain in the job as MEC?I am a community activist by heart and fighting for the right to access quality health services is my number one priority.

Default rates on HIV/ TB remain a constant and widespread concern, what do you see as the main reasons why people are defaulting on treatments and how are you addressing these problems?Heavy pill burden, treatment fatigue,Treatment as a biomedical intervention rather than supporting clients’ context and conditions,

Corruption and a dire shortage of skilled healthcare workers to fill positions are two of the biggest challenges in healthcare; how would you fix these problems? We currently do not have shortages in the Western Cape of general nurses, we actually have a surplus of this category, the challenge might be a shortage of funded vacant posts. The shortage is on specialist nurses hence the focused interventions listed above to address this.

Mbombo: We are actively working with the National Department to ensure we work in alignment to implement policies, programmes and projects that directly impact the delivery of quality person-centred healthcare to all citizens in this province.Mbombo: Despite the challenges we face in the health sector, the Western Cape Department of Health has made impressive strides towards providing access to quality healthcare for all the people of the Western Cape and beyond.

I, therefore, believe based on my background and passion to saving and changing the lives of our people for the better, through the ANC policies that have sharpened my consciousness and commitment to health. This is not a job but as a calling.

Default rates on HIV/ TB remain a constant and widespread concern, what do you see as the main reasons why people are defaulting on treatments and how are you addressing these problems?

 

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