Date: 08/09/2005
Source: Free State Provincial Government
Title: Belot: Opening of Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie
Speech of the Free State MEC for Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today we meet here in Bethulie 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.
Klinieke dien as ‘n belangrike middel om aan gewone mense toegang tot gesondheidsdienste, wat gebaseer is op die Primere Gesondheidsorg filosofie, te gee. Dit is vir hierdie rede dat die Vrystaatse Provinsiale Regering, deur die werking van die Departement van Gesondheid, die bou en opgradering van klinieke groter momentum gee. Die Department en sy vennote werk hard aan die bou en opgradering van kliniek in die provinsie. Vergun my die geleentheid om u in te lig oor die vordering van die Kliniekbou- en opgraderingsprogram in die provinsie:
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 Bethulie e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R5,2. 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 share with you the history of health services in Bethulie. Initially there was a clinic in Bethulie between the town and the location. It delivered a comprehensive primary health care service with an on-call system for after hours. In the initial assessment and decision to build a new clinic, the size and service needs of the community was taken into consideration and it was found that the previous clinic did not provide sufficient space for all the services that needed to be rendered to the community.
Die kliniek wat ons vandag hier open is benoem na die kaptein van die Lepui stam wat in 1832 hier skuiling gevind het by Adam Kok en die Griekwastam nadat oorlog in die destydse Bestjoeanaland (naby Zeerust in die Noordwes provinsie) uitgebreek het. Hierdie stam het bekend gestaan as die Batlapins en was omtrent drie duisend mense met baie vee. Dames en Here, vandag vereer ons hierdie groep dapper mense wat hulle huise en alles bekend verlaat het om ‘n nuwe lewe te vind in die Vrystaat weg van oorlog.
The Lephoi clinic officially started operations on 2 August 2005. The clinic forms part of the health services in the Kopanong local municipality where health services are rendered to a rural population of 18 000. The clinic refers to the Stoffel Coetzee District Hospital in Smithfield. There are eight mobiles clinics providing primary health care services in the local municipality.
Vir die huidige finansiele jaar, het die Vrystaatste Department van Gesondheid meer as 10,2 miljoen rand aan gesondheidsdienste in die Kopanong Plaaslike Munisipaliteits, wat Gariepdam, Bethulie, Springfontein, Trompsburg, Fauresmith, Jagersfontein, Phillipolis, Edenburg and Reddersburg bedien, toegeken.
The Lephoi Primary Healthcare Clinic will serve the entire population of Bethulie and the surrounding farms. It currently serves more than 2472 patients on average per month from the surrounding community.
I am happy to announce that as from 1 October 2005, the clinic will also start to function as an anti-retroviral (ARV) assessment site for the Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Management of HIV and AIDS plan.
Daar is ses professionele verpleegkundiges, een verpleeg-assistant en een professionale verpleegkundige wat die mobile kliniek hanteer werksaam by die kliniek. Die mobile kliniek bedien sowat 150 pasiente per maand op tien roetes wat ongeveer 100 plase van verskillende grootes insluit.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and nine volunteers and two lay counsellors are now part of the clinic team. Other health personnel render rehabilitation services at the clinic and a medical practitioner is scheduled to visit the clinic three times a week. A dietician is available and a dentist also delivers oral health services to the community.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the members of the community and all community structures and consists of 10 members. The chairperson is Mr Barry Tshegare. 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.
Dames en Here, as regering het ons baie uitdagings wat die hoof gebied moet word in die lewering van kwaliteit dienste aan ons gemeenskappe. Ons moet nie net die spoed van dienslewering versnel nie maar ook verseker dat die kwaliteit van dienste wat in ons gemeenskappe gelewer word van die hoogste gehalte is. In die opkomende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing, gaan u die geleentheidh kry om te stem. Gebruik u stem om mense te verkies wat die belang van die gemeenskap op die hart dra, wat hard sal werk om ‘n beter lewe vir ons almal te skep.
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 (which we opened yesterday), Sedibeng Sa Bophelo Clinic in Steynsrus, 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 36 jobs for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labours that includes women and youth. The following companies participated in the construction of the clinic: Masakhane Builders, Nic’s Electrical and number of private contractors from the Bethulie area.
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 Bethulie. I want to thank the community of Bethulie 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
08 September 2005
Source: Free State Provincial Government
Title: Belot: Opening of Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie
Speech of the Free State MEC for Health, Mr Sakhiwo Belot, on the occasion of the opening of the Lephoi Clinic in Bethulie
Programme Director;
Honoured Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today we meet here in Bethulie 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.
Klinieke dien as ‘n belangrike middel om aan gewone mense toegang tot gesondheidsdienste, wat gebaseer is op die Primere Gesondheidsorg filosofie, te gee. Dit is vir hierdie rede dat die Vrystaatse Provinsiale Regering, deur die werking van die Departement van Gesondheid, die bou en opgradering van klinieke groter momentum gee. Die Department en sy vennote werk hard aan die bou en opgradering van kliniek in die provinsie. Vergun my die geleentheid om u in te lig oor die vordering van die Kliniekbou- en opgraderingsprogram in die provinsie:
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 Bethulie e ahuwe ka ditjeo tse etsang dimilione tse R5,2. 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 share with you the history of health services in Bethulie. Initially there was a clinic in Bethulie between the town and the location. It delivered a comprehensive primary health care service with an on-call system for after hours. In the initial assessment and decision to build a new clinic, the size and service needs of the community was taken into consideration and it was found that the previous clinic did not provide sufficient space for all the services that needed to be rendered to the community.
Die kliniek wat ons vandag hier open is benoem na die kaptein van die Lepui stam wat in 1832 hier skuiling gevind het by Adam Kok en die Griekwastam nadat oorlog in die destydse Bestjoeanaland (naby Zeerust in die Noordwes provinsie) uitgebreek het. Hierdie stam het bekend gestaan as die Batlapins en was omtrent drie duisend mense met baie vee. Dames en Here, vandag vereer ons hierdie groep dapper mense wat hulle huise en alles bekend verlaat het om ‘n nuwe lewe te vind in die Vrystaat weg van oorlog.
The Lephoi clinic officially started operations on 2 August 2005. The clinic forms part of the health services in the Kopanong local municipality where health services are rendered to a rural population of 18 000. The clinic refers to the Stoffel Coetzee District Hospital in Smithfield. There are eight mobiles clinics providing primary health care services in the local municipality.
Vir die huidige finansiele jaar, het die Vrystaatste Department van Gesondheid meer as 10,2 miljoen rand aan gesondheidsdienste in die Kopanong Plaaslike Munisipaliteits, wat Gariepdam, Bethulie, Springfontein, Trompsburg, Fauresmith, Jagersfontein, Phillipolis, Edenburg and Reddersburg bedien, toegeken.
The Lephoi Primary Healthcare Clinic will serve the entire population of Bethulie and the surrounding farms. It currently serves more than 2472 patients on average per month from the surrounding community.
I am happy to announce that as from 1 October 2005, the clinic will also start to function as an anti-retroviral (ARV) assessment site for the Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Management of HIV and AIDS plan.
Daar is ses professionele verpleegkundiges, een verpleeg-assistant en een professionale verpleegkundige wat die mobile kliniek hanteer werksaam by die kliniek. Die mobile kliniek bedien sowat 150 pasiente per maand op tien roetes wat ongeveer 100 plase van verskillende grootes insluit.
The response of the community to volunteer in the clinic has been tremendous and nine volunteers and two lay counsellors are now part of the clinic team. Other health personnel render rehabilitation services at the clinic and a medical practitioner is scheduled to visit the clinic three times a week. A dietician is available and a dentist also delivers oral health services to the community.
The clinic committee is up and running. This committee was elected by the members of the community and all community structures and consists of 10 members. The chairperson is Mr Barry Tshegare. 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.
Dames en Here, as regering het ons baie uitdagings wat die hoof gebied moet word in die lewering van kwaliteit dienste aan ons gemeenskappe. Ons moet nie net die spoed van dienslewering versnel nie maar ook verseker dat die kwaliteit van dienste wat in ons gemeenskappe gelewer word van die hoogste gehalte is. In die opkomende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing, gaan u die geleentheidh kry om te stem. Gebruik u stem om mense te verkies wat die belang van die gemeenskap op die hart dra, wat hard sal werk om ‘n beter lewe vir ons almal te skep.
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 (which we opened yesterday), Sedibeng Sa Bophelo Clinic in Steynsrus, 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 36 jobs for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled labours that includes women and youth. The following companies participated in the construction of the clinic: Masakhane Builders, Nic’s Electrical and number of private contractors from the Bethulie area.
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 Bethulie. I want to thank the community of Bethulie 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
08 September 2005
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