KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane addresses concerns over medication shortages, explaining the stock visibility system and alternative solutions for healthcare facilities.
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane checks the expiry date on some of the medication at Wentworth Hospital. | Doctor Ngcobo / Independent NewspapersDuring a walkabout at Wentworth Hospital on Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane maintained that there is no medication shortage.
“There is a letter and media speculation and briefings that are being made that as a department, we are at 60% stock availability. It’s not true,” Simelane explained.“In other hospitals, we might be at 60%. But it doesn’t mean we don’t have medication. It means the stockpiling of our medication has reduced to that particular level, and the reasons that would be at that level vary.
She said healthcare facilities should look to each other for medication or go to the provincial depot where medicine stockpiles are kept. If the province runs out of medication, they can speak to other provinces, she added. A woman went to Mbalenhle Community Healthcare Centre on Sunday because she felt she was coming down with the flu. Her chest was tight and she could not sleep. Being asthmatic, she went to the clinic.
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