Date: 07/09/2005
Source: Free State Provincial Government
Title: Belot: Opening of Kgalala Clinic
Speech of the Free State MEC For Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Kgalala Clinic in Thaba Nchu
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today we meet here in Thaba Nchu 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 Healthcare 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 2 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 Kgalala e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R1. 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 health services in Thaba Nchu. There are 12 clinics in Thaba Nchu with Gaongalelwe and Dinaane clinics rendering a 24-hour maternity service.
Today we are officially opening the clinic, which takes it name from the community it serves, that of Kgalala. The original clinic first operated from a house that was constructed through community efforts in 1952. The Department of Health then extended the building by adding on a nurse’s residence. The clinic initially rendered the following services:
* On-call maternity services
* Management of tuberculosis (TB) and communicable diseases
* Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
* Expanded Programme on Immunisation and * Mother and child minor ailments.
Two nurses initially worked in the clinic and nursing students used to be allocated to the clinic as well to observe maternity cases. This service was terminated when the two above mentioned sisters went on retirement. Kgalala Clinic made history when it became the first clinic to win the Philani first prize as the best clinic when the competition started in 2000.
The clinic forms part of the health services in the Mangaung Local Municipality. Kgalala is an eight-hour clinic and serves a population of 3 730. The clinic refers to the Dr JS Maroka District Hospital.
For the current financial year, the Free State Department of Health has allocated more than R13 million to health services in the Mangaung Local Municipality, which serves the towns of Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo.
The Kgalala Primary Healthcare Clinic serves the population of the rural area of Kgalala. The clinic also serves the rural areas and farms of Modutung and Spitskop, Houtnek, Morago, Rooibult, Bofulo and Kgalala. It is estimated that the clinic will serve more than 570 patients on average per month from the surrounding community.
The staff at the clinic consists of professional nurses, enrolled nurse and a cleaner.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and there are members of the community who are now part of the clinic team. A medical practitioner visits the clinic every second week. We hope to secure the services of a dietician and rehabilitation services staff in the near future.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the villages and consists of 17 members. The chairperson is Mr Mohlakane. He has been serving the community for more than 10 years. 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.
Our commitment to improved service delivery will be rolled out in the following months with the official opening of the following clinics: 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, Thembalethu 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 15 jobs for unskilled, semiskilled 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: Mashakane Builders and local tradesmen.
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 fela 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 Kgalala and its surrounding areas. I want to thank the community of Kgalala 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.
Issued by: Department of Health, Free State Provincial Government
7 September 2005
Source: Free State Provincial Government
Title: Belot: Opening of Kgalala Clinic
Speech of the Free State MEC For Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Kgalala Clinic in Thaba Nchu
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today we meet here in Thaba Nchu 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 Healthcare 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 2 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 Kgalala e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R1. 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 health services in Thaba Nchu. There are 12 clinics in Thaba Nchu with Gaongalelwe and Dinaane clinics rendering a 24-hour maternity service.
Today we are officially opening the clinic, which takes it name from the community it serves, that of Kgalala. The original clinic first operated from a house that was constructed through community efforts in 1952. The Department of Health then extended the building by adding on a nurse’s residence. The clinic initially rendered the following services:
* On-call maternity services
* Management of tuberculosis (TB) and communicable diseases
* Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
* Expanded Programme on Immunisation and * Mother and child minor ailments.
Two nurses initially worked in the clinic and nursing students used to be allocated to the clinic as well to observe maternity cases. This service was terminated when the two above mentioned sisters went on retirement. Kgalala Clinic made history when it became the first clinic to win the Philani first prize as the best clinic when the competition started in 2000.
The clinic forms part of the health services in the Mangaung Local Municipality. Kgalala is an eight-hour clinic and serves a population of 3 730. The clinic refers to the Dr JS Maroka District Hospital.
For the current financial year, the Free State Department of Health has allocated more than R13 million to health services in the Mangaung Local Municipality, which serves the towns of Bloemfontein, Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo.
The Kgalala Primary Healthcare Clinic serves the population of the rural area of Kgalala. The clinic also serves the rural areas and farms of Modutung and Spitskop, Houtnek, Morago, Rooibult, Bofulo and Kgalala. It is estimated that the clinic will serve more than 570 patients on average per month from the surrounding community.
The staff at the clinic consists of professional nurses, enrolled nurse and a cleaner.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and there are members of the community who are now part of the clinic team. A medical practitioner visits the clinic every second week. We hope to secure the services of a dietician and rehabilitation services staff in the near future.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the villages and consists of 17 members. The chairperson is Mr Mohlakane. He has been serving the community for more than 10 years. 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.
Our commitment to improved service delivery will be rolled out in the following months with the official opening of the following clinics: 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, Thembalethu 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 15 jobs for unskilled, semiskilled 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: Mashakane Builders and local tradesmen.
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 fela 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 Kgalala and its surrounding areas. I want to thank the community of Kgalala 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.
Issued by: Department of Health, Free State Provincial Government
7 September 2005
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