The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.
About 100 TAC activists marched to Makhura’s office in Johannesburg, but neither the premier nor Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi showed up to meet them.
“[The] TAC in Gauteng has started engaging in monitoring and we found out that the two hospitals on the list that we visited did not offer the services stipulated. We demand that the department of health ensure that termination of pregnancy services are adequately available in order for women to be able to access affordable, safe and quality services,” it said.
“We are tired of writing emails and letters and getting ignored in the process. Makhura must go to the ground and talk to the people that voted him into power. I wish for one day, all these officials to cancel their medical aids and go queue in the community clinics early in the morning, to feel what our masses are feeling on a daily basis,” said TAC general secretary,. “We need no more lip service but accountable leaders that will address our angry and frustrated people.
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