President Cyril Ramaphosa says with the signing of the Presidential Health Compact, the government is closer to fundamentally transforming the country’s health care system.
Ramaphosa, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and other stakeholders in the health sector, on Thursday, signed the much anticipated Presidential Health Compact at the George Mukhari Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa, outside Pretoria, on Thursday.
The signing of the Compact is a culmination of months of talks. President Ramaphosa says this is a big step for the country.
“This Compact illustrates what we can achieve when we plan and work together to fix what is wrong with our country. It has as its stated goal: One Country, One Health System.
“This means quality of care must be the same regardless of whether you have money or not, and regardless of where you live.” says Ramaphosa.
President #Ramaphosa: Under One Health System, all our hospitals, clinics and doctors’ rooms are appropriately staffed and resourced; there are adequate medicines, equipment and supplies; and infrastructure is suitable for the services to be provided. #PresidentialHealthCompact
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Chairperson of the South African medical association, Dr Angelique Coetzee says the Compact will pave way for the roll-out of the universal health care.
Coetzee emphasised that the health compact has been informed by an outcry from the medical practitioners in South Africa and civil society. After they jointly expressed a sense of concern about the current situation in Health care, especially in the public sector.
“Then it opens up the door for a proper universal coverage for all our members and our South African people and that is the way forward because currently the system in the private sector is going to get unaffordable as we move forward and we will monitor and make sure that it is happening this opens up the door for a new dawn for South Africa for Health care to make it happen,” says Coetzee.
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