31 January 2018
The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has decided to partner with private hospitals and specialists to address the oncology crisis in the province, department head Dr Musa Gumede said on Tuesday
“We’ve decided to engage in private/public partnerships since we can’t get specialists to work full-time in public hospitals,” said Gumede.
He was speaking at a stakeholder and media breakfast in Durban on Tuesday morning.
Gumede said the department was also engaging with the SA Human’s Rights Commission (SAHRC) on the matter on a fortnightly basis, since the Democratic Alliance’s member of provincial legislature Dr Imraan Keeka had complained to the commission about the collapse of oncology services in KZN.
“There has been a team from the department, which consists of senior members of management, including a legal expert, working on this matter,” he said.