Gauteng splurged on an IT system under former health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s watch in a process fraught with tender irregularities and alleged bribes.
The Gauteng health department says the National Health Laboratory Service will not suspend its services to it despite money being owed.
The Gauteng health department cannot account for more than R12-billion, nearly half its budget, reported the Star.
The Gauteng health department has met a deadline to pay off its multi-billion rand debt to suppliers, says provincial minister Ntombi Mekgwe.
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/ 29 November 2011
According to a report by the Auditor General, the Gauteng health department has lost millions of rands through maladministration and tender rigging.
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/ 14 November 2011
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.
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/ 13 November 2007
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.