Dr george mukhari biography of barack

Programme Director, Dr Bandile Masuku,
Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize,
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla
Acting CEO of George Mukhari Hospital, Prof JV Ndimande,
Labour Convenor in Nedlac, Mr Bheki Ntshalintshali,
BUSA Representative, Mr Stavros Nicolaou,
Public Health Entities,
South African Research Council,
Statutory Health Council,  
Traditional Health Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals
of South Africa,
Provincial and District Senior Officials Health,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my privilege to join you here this morning on this truly historic occasion: when we will be signing the first-ever Presidential Health Compact that binds us as a collective to overcoming the challenges in our public health care system.

In my first State of the Nation Address in 2018, I issued a clarion call to South Africans to seize this moment of hope and renewal, and to work together to make a meaningful impact in the lives of our people. 

Since then people from all walks of life have affirmed their deep love for our great country, and their determination to see it thrive and prosper.

They have come forward and said, yes, Thuma Mina, send me.

There is nothing that reinforces the Thuma Mina spirit as much as seeing government, health and allied professionals, labour, business, communities, academia, statutory councils, traditional health practitioners and public health entities collaborating in pursuit of a common goal.

It brings to mind the spirit of social solidarity that attended the birth of our democracy.

It is the same spirit of social solidarity that has brought us to this point today.

A new era has begun in the field of health care in South Africa.

The signing of the Presidential Health Compact is the culmination of a long journey we have travelled

Gauteng Health has instructed Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Tshwane to stop recruitment and selection processes for vacancies. The Times reports that the hospital had open vacancies for porters, cleaners and messengers, but the department said they had to be stopped due to allegations of irregularities which had been brought to its attention.

“We view allegations of impropriety and of irregularities in a serious light; hence we have called for the investigation to ascertain their veracity. Throughout this process we will be transparent and forthright with applicants and, as such, if it is found that any employees of the hospital were involved in a behaviour that goes against what we expect, we will act decisively against them,'” said MEC Dr Bandile Masuku.

The department said the decision to halt the process came as Masuku met with representatives of the SA National Civic Organisation, who shared their unhappiness at the recruitment and selection process last week.

[link url="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-02-05-recruitment-stopped-at-pretoria-hospital-amid-gross-irregularities/"]Full report in the Times[/link]

Authors

A Van Eeden, S Nemutandani, M Meiring, L L Honey, H Wj Steinberg, T Hardcastle, M Bac, J V Larsen, K Michael, M Louw, W Sieling

Affiliations

• Chief Executive Officer, Doctors for Life International.
• President, HPCSA; president, Association of Medical Councils of Africa.
• Course convenor, PG Dip Pal Med (Paeds), University of Cape Town; chief executive officer, Paedspal (paediatric palliative care nongovernmental organisation); chair: PATCH-SA: South African Children's Palliative Care Network.
• Clinical educator manager: Clinical Integrated Programs, School of Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa.
• Associate professor/principal family practitioner, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• Head of Clinical Department, Trauma and Burns, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital; KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health; Honorary Research Associate Professor in Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology; Honorary Associate Professor of Trauma and Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
• Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
• Retired community obstetrician and gynaecologist, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
• Chairman, Healthcare Christian Fellowship International.
• Senior lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, and family physician, Tshwane District Health Services, South Africa.