The previously troubled Gauteng health department has achieved an unqualified audit report for the previous financial year.
“It is important to note that this audit was the most gruelling as the department served as a pilot for the implementation of the amended Audit Profession Act. The department was also subjected to another tragedy when its head office in the Bank of Lisbon building in Joburg was gutted by a fire which claimed the life of a firefighter.
Instead of firefighters and ambulance personnel being confined to a particular area, they would be able to go to any part of the province and perform joint operations.The services provided by staff at all West Rand district health facilities impressed Gauteng Premier David Makhura on recently unannounced visits.