MEC intervenes to solve hospital’s challenges

KZN MEC for Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has intervened in an effort to resolve the challenges facing the Ceza/Thulasizwe District Hospital.

This was evident during his recent visit to the Zululand hospital to check on clinical operations and overall management of the facility.

He was accompanied by Acting Head of Department, Dr Musa Gumede.

The meeting was a follow-up to operational issues and challenges raised by local stake-holders and submitted to Dhlomo.

The challenges related to old buildings that need to be upgraded as the hospital uses park homes as wards in the interim.

Another problem area raised was the efficiency of primary healthcare services being compromised because facilities are inadequate.

Local community leaders have identified an alternative site that can be used for building a proper health care facility.

Dr Gumede said the department would devise intervention plans to close some of the identified gaps.

Ceza and Thulasizwe Hospitals were amalgamated in 2016 to form one facility.