The 187 Cuban medical personnel who arrived in the country in April have been of great help in SA’s fight against Covid-19.
This is according to health minister Zweli Mkhize, who was responding to parliamentary questions for written reply filed by DA leader John Steenhuisen.The Cuban brigade’s contribution, he said, includes:Resourcefulness in primary health care, which is their speciality;
Being instrumental in data analysis and information management to assess the affect of the country’s strategy in dealing with the disease;Advice in the research on the trends the pandemic has been following;Involvement in the ward-based programme and health facility decongestion programme.The SA taxpayer, by June, had parted with R240m towards the payment of salaries for the Cuban team This was previously revealed by Mkhize when responding to a question from another DA MP.
“All the family physicians and bio-statisticians are appointed at grade 2 of medical officer level, and epidemiology technologists, health technology and public health specialists are at deputy director level, while biomedical engineers are at ASD level,” Mkhize said in June.
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