According to a report by the Auditor General, the Gauteng health department has lost millions of rands through maladministration and tender rigging.

About R83-million stands to be lost in unspent money allocated for hospital infrastructure in Gauteng, based on the second quarterly report.

Several medical supplies' companies in Gauteng have not been paid for months, despite regulations requiring payments to be settled within 30 days.

Ilham Rawoot gets a covert tour of the working conditions medics face in two of Gauteng's public hospitals.

There is a personnel shortage of more than 50% at the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Helen Joseph Hospital, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday. "The Gauteng Health Department claims that the ICU 'works optimally', but I don't see how this can be the case with a 54% vacancy rate," said Bloom.