Durban - The SA Human Rights Commission chairperson Bongani Majola has found staff shortages and old, dilapidated infrastructure at some KwaZulu-Natal hospitals and a clinic. Majola made the observations during a week-long visit to various facilities to assess the state of healthcare in KZN.
He said part of the aim of the visit was to bring their observations to the attention of the new provincial government.“You find that each one complains about staffing and some of the reasons for the staff shortage is the moratorium imposed by National Treasury, making it difficult for hospitals to employ replacements when there are resignations,” Majola said.
In March the commission reported on the state of mental healthcare in South Africa, finding that the facilities for mental healthcare-users were severely under-resourced.