Hon Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Chief Whip of the IFP, I hereby move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that on Monday 2 August 2010, 15 victims of a Khayelitsha, Cape Town, taxi crash that also claimed two lives, had to wait almost 24 hours for medical attention at a local clinic;
2) further notes that the victims of the crash were traumatised and suffered from severe pain but could not be treated immediately as there is a shortage of emergency medical staff at the clinic;
3) expresses concern that shortages of emergency medical staff at local clinics have not been addressed; and
4) requests the Government to investigate the reasons for the shortage of emergency staff at clinics and to put measures in place to ensure that the suffering of victims in need of emergency medical care are not further prolonged by the lack of adequate medical care.
Agreed to.