Date: 02/09/2005
Source: Department of Health
Title: Belot: Opening of Harry Gwala Clinic
Speech of the Free State MEC for Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Harry Gwala Clinic in Sasolburg
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen
We meet here today to officially open this clinic in Sasolburg. I have no doubt that for the community, which the clinic serves, this is a momentous occasion as this clinic is the product of an extensive consultation process with the local community.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are faced today with many challenges in delivery services of quality to our people. Not only do we have to speed up service delivery, but has to ensure that quality improves.
Programme Director, the commitment that we made to bring about fundamental transformation in the lives of the people of this country, particularly the former oppressed, has found expression in various service delivery programmes of this government. Today we meet here in the Harry Gwala township in Zamdela to come and witness yet another milestone that has been undertaken by this government to bring about better health services to our people as part of the broader transformation agenda.
Clinics serve as an important vehicle in giving ordinary people access to health services based on our primary health care philosophy. It is for this reason that, through the Department of Health, the Free State government has embarked on a programme to build and upgrade clinics at a greater momentum. The Department has embarked on the building of new and upgrading clinics in this province. Allow me to reflect on this programme for the building and upgrading of clinics in the Free State.
Mmuso wa rona o ahile ditliniki tse supa selemo se fitileng ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione R25.4. Re boetse re ntjhafaditse ditleliniki tse pedi ka hara profensi ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R4,2 e le karolo ya programa ena ya ho aha le ho ntjhafatsa ditleliniki.
Tleliniki ena ya Harry Gwala e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R3.0. Hara tse ding tsa dibaka tse teng ka hara tleliniki ena re na le phaposi ya tshohanyetso (emergency room), kantoro tsa tsamaiso (administration offices), sebaka sa boemelo (waiting area), diphaposi tse tharo tsa tshebeletso (consultation rooms), sebaka sa meriana (dispensary), jwalo jwalo. Re ya tseba kaofela mona hore tleliniki e neng e le teng kwano ha se tleliniki e neng e le maemong a matle ho ka ananela baahi ba kwano. Ke ka hoo re boneng ho le bohlokwa hore re potlakise kaho ya tleliniki ena eo re e bulang kajeno, hore ditshebeletso tsa mantlha tseo re dulang re di toboketsa re le mmuso ona wa ANC di tsebe ho phethahala. Re ile ra tshepisa hore sena se tla etsahala mme ke sena se ya etsahala.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to briefly paint a picture of the health services in Sasolburg. Initially there were two clinics serving two segments of our population. The Osizweni bus-stop clinic and the town clinic were 500 meters apart but the racial division were greater. The Osizweni bus-stop clinic served the black community and the town clinic the white community. This practice was stopped in 2003 with the closure of the Osizweni clinic and the start of the building process of the Latrim clinic in July 2004. Today we officially are opening the clinic which was given its name by the community, that of Harry Gwala. The clinic officially started operations on 22 August 2005.
The clinic forms part of the health services in the Metsimaholo Local Municipality where health services are rendered to a population of 122 667. However, more than 220 000 members of the community move through our health services in this area. The clinic refers to the Metsimaholo District Hospital, which is about 18km away. There are three other clinics in Sasolburg: these are the Sasolburg, Thusanang and SPS Tsatsi clinics. The Zamdela Community Health Centre also serves the community as an anti-retroviral (ARV) assessment site for the Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Management of HIV and AIDS plan.
There are four mobile clinics providing primary health care services in the local municipality, three in Sasolburg serving the rural areas and one in Oranjeville.
For the current financial year, the Free State Department of Health has allocated more than R10,4 million to health services in the Metsimaholo .Local Municipality, which serves the towns of Sasolburg, Deneysville (with two clinics) and Oranjeville (where the clinic is currently being upgraded).
The Harry Gwala Primary HealthCare Clinic serves the population of the Harry Gwala township. It is estimated that the clinic will serve more than a 1000 patients on average per month from the surrounding community. The services provided by the clinic include the following:
* Comprehensive Primary Health Care services;
* Child Health Services;
* Expanded Programme on Immunisation;
* Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses;
* Maternal Health Services;
* Reproductive Health Services;
* Antenatal and Postnatal Care;
* Health Promotion;
* Chronic illness such as Hypertension;
Diabetes; Asthma; Epilepsy; Mental Health Illnesses; Pulmonary Tuberculosis;
* Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS;
* Nutrition and * Voluntary Confidential Testing and Counselling or VCCT.
The diseases that present from the catchment areas include hypertension; diabetes; asthma; pulmonary tuberculosis, minor ailments such as stress related illnesses, respiratory illnesses. Sexually transmitted infections and HIV and AIDS also present at this clinic.
The staff at the clinic consists of professional nurses, enrolled nursing auxiliaries and administrative personnel.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and five members of the community are now part of the clinic team. Other health personnel will also render rehabilitation services in future and medical practitioner will be scheduled to visit as well as dieticians. A dentist will also deliver oral health services to the community.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the ward and consists of 10 members. The chairperson is Ms Queen Mogotsi. I want to thank these members of the community for their involvement, commitment, dedication and for taking ownership of the affairs of their clinic. I want to acknowledge this contribution and express my gratitude and appreciation.
Motsamaisi wa mosebetsi, jwalo ka ha ke ne ke hlalositse kaho le ntjhafatso ya ditleliniki ke karolo ya bohlokwa ya ho fana ka ditshebeletso tsa bophelo bo botle tsa mantlha. Kahoo ditshebeletso tsa mantlha di ke ke tsa ba teng meahong e seng e kgathetse mme e sa kgoneng ho amohela baahi ka bongata. Ke kahoo tleliniki ena e ahuweng hore morero ona wa ho fana ka ditshebeletso tsa mantlha ho lona le le baahi o se ke wa nyopa.
Honoured guests, I have noted that as this government we have placed a particular emphasis on the building and upgrading of clinics as a way of making health services accessible to our people even in the remotest of areas. This clinic is not an exception or an isolated incident.
Our commitment to improved service delivery will be rolled out in the following months with the official opening of the following clinics: Kgalala Clinic in Thaba Nchu, Sedibeng Sa Bophelo Clinic in Steynsrus, the Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie, Qibing Clinic in Wepener and several others. We are also currently building a Community Health Centre at Dealesville, the Marantha Clinic in Brandfort, Geneva Clinic in Odendaalsrus, Metsimaholo Clinic in Oranjeville, Thembaleta Clinic in Smithfield, Hanipark Clinic in Welkom and a new clinic in Winburg. All these developments underscore the commitment of this government in bringing quality health services closer to our people where they live.
Programme director, ladies and gentlemen, it is my understanding that many of these clinics are built in partnership with the local municipalities. I cannot over-emphasise the significance of this partnership. It is important that we must collaborate in the process of building clinics. During the building process, the local community was empowered through the creation of 80 jobs for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labours which includes women. This clinic is an example of the spirit of the Free State Growth and Development Strategy in action. The following companies participated in the construction of the clinic: LAL Contractors from Zamdela, Intra Wood from Frankfort, Metsimaholo Electricity, Friks Fencing, Abraham Construction and others.
Bomme le bontate, mmuso ona wa rona o shebane le diphephetso tse ngata ka ntle le kaho ya ditleliniki. Ke batla ho toboketsa hore mmuso ha o a shebana le mosebetsi wa ho aha le ho ntjhafatswa ditleliniki feela. Diphephetso tse ding tse teng di kenyelletsa ditshebeletso tsa tshohanyetso moo teng re tlamehang ho netefatsa hore makoloi a rona a tshohanyetso kapa diambulanse le makoloi a bakudi bao e seng ba tshohanyetso a lekane hore a kgone ho fihlella baahi ka nako. Ka hlakoreng le leng re shebane le mosebetsi wa hore meriana e dula e le teng dibakeng tsa rona tsa ditshebeletso ka ditjeo tse hodimo, jwalo jwalo. E nngwe ya diprograma tse maleba le kaho ya ditleliniki ke programa ya ho ntlafatswa ha meaho ya rona ya dipetlele.
Ho hlakile he hore mosebetsi oo re tshwaraneng le ona ke o moholo mme diphephetso di sa le ngata. Boipiletso ba ka ke batla ho bo lebisa ho baahi hammoho le basebeletsi ba lefapha ba dibakeng tsena tsa tshebeletso. Ho baahi, ho bohlokwa hore re baballe meaho ena ya rona hammoho le disebediswa tse ka hara yona mme re e boulele. Mmuso ona wa rona o etsa ho tlala seatla ho phethisa ditshepiso le boitlamo boo o bo entseng ba ho fetola maphelo a batho. Empa morero le boitlamo bona bo tla nyopa ha setjhaba se sa bapale karolo ya sona. Ho basebeletsi ba lefapha, ke rata ho ipiletsa hore tshwaro ya bakudi ka hara dibaka tsa rona tsa tshebeletso jwalo ka ditleliniki e be e tswileng matsoho mme re fokotse ditletlebo tseo hangata re yeng re difumane ho tswa ho baahi. Ha se meaho ena feela e tla etsang hore ditshebeletso e be tsa mantlha, empa le tsela eo re tshwereng bakudi ka yona.
Ladies and gentlemen, I further want to take this opportunity to thank all the stakeholders involved in the preparation for this important occasion during which we are now officially handing over this clinic to the community of Harry Gwala. I want to thank the community of Sasolburg itself for the patience it has exercised for this day to arrive. The clinic is now in your hands. Through the clinic committee you need to make sure that this clinic is well looked after. The environment around this clinic must be attractive to those utilising the services here and those passing by. It is the responsibility of the community as well to ensure that this place is not vandalised. Government cannot afford to keep on building facilities which would constantly be ransacked by the very same communities they were built for. Protect your own facilities so that they can serve you well.
I thank you.
Issue by: Department of Health
2 September 2005
Source: Department of Health
Title: Belot: Opening of Harry Gwala Clinic
Speech of the Free State MEC for Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Harry Gwala Clinic in Sasolburg
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen
We meet here today to officially open this clinic in Sasolburg. I have no doubt that for the community, which the clinic serves, this is a momentous occasion as this clinic is the product of an extensive consultation process with the local community.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are faced today with many challenges in delivery services of quality to our people. Not only do we have to speed up service delivery, but has to ensure that quality improves.
Programme Director, the commitment that we made to bring about fundamental transformation in the lives of the people of this country, particularly the former oppressed, has found expression in various service delivery programmes of this government. Today we meet here in the Harry Gwala township in Zamdela to come and witness yet another milestone that has been undertaken by this government to bring about better health services to our people as part of the broader transformation agenda.
Clinics serve as an important vehicle in giving ordinary people access to health services based on our primary health care philosophy. It is for this reason that, through the Department of Health, the Free State government has embarked on a programme to build and upgrade clinics at a greater momentum. The Department has embarked on the building of new and upgrading clinics in this province. Allow me to reflect on this programme for the building and upgrading of clinics in the Free State.
Mmuso wa rona o ahile ditliniki tse supa selemo se fitileng ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione R25.4. Re boetse re ntjhafaditse ditleliniki tse pedi ka hara profensi ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R4,2 e le karolo ya programa ena ya ho aha le ho ntjhafatsa ditleliniki.
Tleliniki ena ya Harry Gwala e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R3.0. Hara tse ding tsa dibaka tse teng ka hara tleliniki ena re na le phaposi ya tshohanyetso (emergency room), kantoro tsa tsamaiso (administration offices), sebaka sa boemelo (waiting area), diphaposi tse tharo tsa tshebeletso (consultation rooms), sebaka sa meriana (dispensary), jwalo jwalo. Re ya tseba kaofela mona hore tleliniki e neng e le teng kwano ha se tleliniki e neng e le maemong a matle ho ka ananela baahi ba kwano. Ke ka hoo re boneng ho le bohlokwa hore re potlakise kaho ya tleliniki ena eo re e bulang kajeno, hore ditshebeletso tsa mantlha tseo re dulang re di toboketsa re le mmuso ona wa ANC di tsebe ho phethahala. Re ile ra tshepisa hore sena se tla etsahala mme ke sena se ya etsahala.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to briefly paint a picture of the health services in Sasolburg. Initially there were two clinics serving two segments of our population. The Osizweni bus-stop clinic and the town clinic were 500 meters apart but the racial division were greater. The Osizweni bus-stop clinic served the black community and the town clinic the white community. This practice was stopped in 2003 with the closure of the Osizweni clinic and the start of the building process of the Latrim clinic in July 2004. Today we officially are opening the clinic which was given its name by the community, that of Harry Gwala. The clinic officially started operations on 22 August 2005.
The clinic forms part of the health services in the Metsimaholo Local Municipality where health services are rendered to a population of 122 667. However, more than 220 000 members of the community move through our health services in this area. The clinic refers to the Metsimaholo District Hospital, which is about 18km away. There are three other clinics in Sasolburg: these are the Sasolburg, Thusanang and SPS Tsatsi clinics. The Zamdela Community Health Centre also serves the community as an anti-retroviral (ARV) assessment site for the Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Management of HIV and AIDS plan.
There are four mobile clinics providing primary health care services in the local municipality, three in Sasolburg serving the rural areas and one in Oranjeville.
For the current financial year, the Free State Department of Health has allocated more than R10,4 million to health services in the Metsimaholo .Local Municipality, which serves the towns of Sasolburg, Deneysville (with two clinics) and Oranjeville (where the clinic is currently being upgraded).
The Harry Gwala Primary HealthCare Clinic serves the population of the Harry Gwala township. It is estimated that the clinic will serve more than a 1000 patients on average per month from the surrounding community. The services provided by the clinic include the following:
* Comprehensive Primary Health Care services;
* Child Health Services;
* Expanded Programme on Immunisation;
* Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses;
* Maternal Health Services;
* Reproductive Health Services;
* Antenatal and Postnatal Care;
* Health Promotion;
* Chronic illness such as Hypertension;
Diabetes; Asthma; Epilepsy; Mental Health Illnesses; Pulmonary Tuberculosis;
* Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS;
* Nutrition and * Voluntary Confidential Testing and Counselling or VCCT.
The diseases that present from the catchment areas include hypertension; diabetes; asthma; pulmonary tuberculosis, minor ailments such as stress related illnesses, respiratory illnesses. Sexually transmitted infections and HIV and AIDS also present at this clinic.
The staff at the clinic consists of professional nurses, enrolled nursing auxiliaries and administrative personnel.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and five members of the community are now part of the clinic team. Other health personnel will also render rehabilitation services in future and medical practitioner will be scheduled to visit as well as dieticians. A dentist will also deliver oral health services to the community.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the ward and consists of 10 members. The chairperson is Ms Queen Mogotsi. I want to thank these members of the community for their involvement, commitment, dedication and for taking ownership of the affairs of their clinic. I want to acknowledge this contribution and express my gratitude and appreciation.
Motsamaisi wa mosebetsi, jwalo ka ha ke ne ke hlalositse kaho le ntjhafatso ya ditleliniki ke karolo ya bohlokwa ya ho fana ka ditshebeletso tsa bophelo bo botle tsa mantlha. Kahoo ditshebeletso tsa mantlha di ke ke tsa ba teng meahong e seng e kgathetse mme e sa kgoneng ho amohela baahi ka bongata. Ke kahoo tleliniki ena e ahuweng hore morero ona wa ho fana ka ditshebeletso tsa mantlha ho lona le le baahi o se ke wa nyopa.
Honoured guests, I have noted that as this government we have placed a particular emphasis on the building and upgrading of clinics as a way of making health services accessible to our people even in the remotest of areas. This clinic is not an exception or an isolated incident.
Our commitment to improved service delivery will be rolled out in the following months with the official opening of the following clinics: Kgalala Clinic in Thaba Nchu, Sedibeng Sa Bophelo Clinic in Steynsrus, the Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie, Qibing Clinic in Wepener and several others. We are also currently building a Community Health Centre at Dealesville, the Marantha Clinic in Brandfort, Geneva Clinic in Odendaalsrus, Metsimaholo Clinic in Oranjeville, Thembaleta Clinic in Smithfield, Hanipark Clinic in Welkom and a new clinic in Winburg. All these developments underscore the commitment of this government in bringing quality health services closer to our people where they live.
Programme director, ladies and gentlemen, it is my understanding that many of these clinics are built in partnership with the local municipalities. I cannot over-emphasise the significance of this partnership. It is important that we must collaborate in the process of building clinics. During the building process, the local community was empowered through the creation of 80 jobs for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labours which includes women. This clinic is an example of the spirit of the Free State Growth and Development Strategy in action. The following companies participated in the construction of the clinic: LAL Contractors from Zamdela, Intra Wood from Frankfort, Metsimaholo Electricity, Friks Fencing, Abraham Construction and others.
Bomme le bontate, mmuso ona wa rona o shebane le diphephetso tse ngata ka ntle le kaho ya ditleliniki. Ke batla ho toboketsa hore mmuso ha o a shebana le mosebetsi wa ho aha le ho ntjhafatswa ditleliniki feela. Diphephetso tse ding tse teng di kenyelletsa ditshebeletso tsa tshohanyetso moo teng re tlamehang ho netefatsa hore makoloi a rona a tshohanyetso kapa diambulanse le makoloi a bakudi bao e seng ba tshohanyetso a lekane hore a kgone ho fihlella baahi ka nako. Ka hlakoreng le leng re shebane le mosebetsi wa hore meriana e dula e le teng dibakeng tsa rona tsa ditshebeletso ka ditjeo tse hodimo, jwalo jwalo. E nngwe ya diprograma tse maleba le kaho ya ditleliniki ke programa ya ho ntlafatswa ha meaho ya rona ya dipetlele.
Ho hlakile he hore mosebetsi oo re tshwaraneng le ona ke o moholo mme diphephetso di sa le ngata. Boipiletso ba ka ke batla ho bo lebisa ho baahi hammoho le basebeletsi ba lefapha ba dibakeng tsena tsa tshebeletso. Ho baahi, ho bohlokwa hore re baballe meaho ena ya rona hammoho le disebediswa tse ka hara yona mme re e boulele. Mmuso ona wa rona o etsa ho tlala seatla ho phethisa ditshepiso le boitlamo boo o bo entseng ba ho fetola maphelo a batho. Empa morero le boitlamo bona bo tla nyopa ha setjhaba se sa bapale karolo ya sona. Ho basebeletsi ba lefapha, ke rata ho ipiletsa hore tshwaro ya bakudi ka hara dibaka tsa rona tsa tshebeletso jwalo ka ditleliniki e be e tswileng matsoho mme re fokotse ditletlebo tseo hangata re yeng re difumane ho tswa ho baahi. Ha se meaho ena feela e tla etsang hore ditshebeletso e be tsa mantlha, empa le tsela eo re tshwereng bakudi ka yona.
Ladies and gentlemen, I further want to take this opportunity to thank all the stakeholders involved in the preparation for this important occasion during which we are now officially handing over this clinic to the community of Harry Gwala. I want to thank the community of Sasolburg itself for the patience it has exercised for this day to arrive. The clinic is now in your hands. Through the clinic committee you need to make sure that this clinic is well looked after. The environment around this clinic must be attractive to those utilising the services here and those passing by. It is the responsibility of the community as well to ensure that this place is not vandalised. Government cannot afford to keep on building facilities which would constantly be ransacked by the very same communities they were built for. Protect your own facilities so that they can serve you well.
I thank you.
Issue by: Department of Health
2 September 2005
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