Hurry up and pay: Despite earlier promises of resolving the issue, 11 Gauteng hospitals still remain without functioning phone lines.
Despite earlier promises of resolving the issue of unpaid phone bills, the Gauteng Health Department says the phone lines at several of its hospital facilities are still down.
Late last month, Telkom disconnected the phone lines of 83 clinics and 32 hospitals due to what is claimed to be outstanding payments by the department.A total of 11 hospitals, however, still have to make do without functioning phone lines and adequate channels of communication for family members anxious to know how their loved ones are doing.
“According to the department, 32 hospitals and 83 clinics were affected. They claim this is due to disputed Telkom bills, but surely it should have been sorted out by now?“An astounding R2.275 billion overspend is projected despite not meeting key targets, including poor ambulance response times and low child immunisation.”“The issue of the invoices with descriptions of facilities that do not belong to the GDH, is still being pursued with Telkom.
As a long-term solution, the department is in the process of migrating its facilities to the Gauteng Provincial Network System operated by the eGovernment Department to reduce costs.The GDH has tweeted a statement with alternative contact numbers, see below.
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