Ongoing Security Concerns At Gauteng Hospitals Amid Reports of Cable Theft SpotlightNSP: SouthAfrica
This is despite millions being paid for security at these health facilities. Spotlight previously reported on security contracts for health facilities in Gauteng here.
This, he says, happened after a new security company was appointed after a fire at the hospital in March 2021. What worries him, he says, is that no one is being held accountable for failing security in health facilities."All we're doing is playing musical chairs on a sinking ship. There's no one that's being held accountable. There are no court cases and no one's going to jail."
Despite several follow-up requests by Spotlight since 16 March for a date when the tender will be re-advertised, Modiba couldn't provide a date or a reason for why it is taking so long.This week on 28 March during a question and answer session in the Gauteng Legislature, DA MPP and spokesperson for health in the province, Jack Bloom asked Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko about the security contracts and costs.
"As a nurse who is directly rendering services to the patients, when there is theft that affects certain departments, it means I need more hands than I would ordinarily need. When removing a critically ill patient out of ICU to another department, I need a team of nurses and doctors who will escort one patient."
Zungula also questions how security companies are appointed, especially when contracts are renewed on a monthly basis."There are people who are benefiting from this chaos. This is done deliberately for someone to profit and continue to benefit from a contract that is not advertised," he says.
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