South Africa: Tolerance of Incompetence Has Resulted in Poor Health Care in KZN

press release

The Inkatha Freedom Party says that the inability to deal decisively with incompetence within the health care sector and the absence of a fully functional health management system are the main factors contributing to poor performance following the shortages of gloves, haemoglobin test kits and other medical supplies at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital in uMlazi.

"It is high time to take action against incompetent hospital managements. One wonders what they are doing when our public healthcare facilities are facing such challenges. While we are blaming the Department for its failure to fix our broken healthcare system, hospital managers and senior staff must also take blame for mismanagement.

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