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Operation Clean-Up at Matlala Hospital
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Pretoria – The Limpopo Health and Social Development MEC, Dr Norman Mabasa, says Operation Clean-Up at Matlala Hospital will help the institution to improve its health systems.

Mabasa on Tuesday inspected the hospital in Tsimanyana village, where he said the clean-up operation had to be conducted as a matter of urgency.

The MEC met with hospital managers to discuss the challenges they faced and ways to improve service delivery in the province.

Cleanliness is among the six priority areas of the National Core Standards set out by National Health Department for a successful health system.

“According to the six health ministerial priorities, the cleanliness of our health institutions is non-negotiable, and what we found here cannot go on any longer.

“Cleanliness in hospitals cannot be taken lightly. It means more than just maintaining a clean and safe environment. It makes a statement to patients and visitors about the attitudes of staff and managers,” Mabasa said.

He called on the hospital management to involve the community and other labour and civil organisations in the process.

After inspecting the hospital, Mabasa, together with a team from the department’s monitoring and evaluation unit, sat with management to look at other interventions into challenges reported, including a shortage of personnel, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure.

“Some of the challenges we found here do not necessarily require money and this is why our monitoring and evaluation team needs to sit down with management in this institution and provide a turnaround plan,” Mabasa said.

He also pointed out that the hospital needed to improve the 24-hour provision of quality health care. – SAnews.gov.za
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