Motsoaledi said the Department of Health does not provide anyone with medication, and for anyone to get ARVs, it is a matter between doctor and patient after diagnosis.
‘ARVs are not Panado’: Health Minister Motsoaledi says ARVs cannot be sent to illegal miners without diagnosis
The announcement was made on Monday after the High Court in Pretoria issued an interim order which ruled that the shaft may not be blocked by any person or institution, whether government or private. On Monday, authorities on site together with community rescue teams received a note from the illegal miners written in isiZulu, asking for ARVs to be sent into the mine shaft.Translated in English: “Can we please have ARV pills. People need them here, please.”
“They go from a doctor to a patient or a nurse to a patient following particular policies and standards, but only after an encounter with such a doctor. They are not just distributed like food, water or like vitamins. That is what I was discussing with the Minister .”
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