In each of the past five years,

(a) The Department of Health monitors the incidence of severe acute malnutrition which represents the number of children under five years of age who are diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) per 1,000 children in this age group. Increases in the incidence may represent a real increase in cases or better case detection as a result of ...

1. (b) (c) (d) No, the Department of Health has not commissioned any studies and or live monitoring to assess the current extent of electromagnetic pollution in urban and rural areas.

1. -(ii) The South African Products and Regulatory Authority (SAPHRA), which is an entity of the National Department of Health is responsible, from the viewpoint of human health, for regulating electronic products producing non-ionising electromagnetic ...

The public hospitals and forensic pathology mortuaries have continuous backup generator capacity. This helps mitigate the potential of mortal remains decomposing. There are continuous discussions with ESKOM to exempt public hospitals and Forensic pathology mortuaries from loadshedding. Most of the decomposed bodies are received by forensic pathology mortuaries mostly due to these bodies being discovered in public spaces after a longtime.

1. Measures taken to ...

1. Table 1 below indicates the current status of overcapacity in state mortuaries, as provided by provinces.

Table 1:

1. Even though all facilities in provinces have a back-up generator capacity, there are however, there increased expenditure costs due to diesel and maintenance ...

(a) (i) Table 1 below indicate the response.

Table 1:

(ii) There are no crematoriums operated by the state, as state hospitals do not cremate corpses on site. From the information received ...

1. It is not true that Mahikeng Provincial Hospital does not have enough beds and space for the newborn babies. The hospital has enough bed space to accommodate the new babies who were placed in boxes. The babies were not placed in the cardboard boxes because of the shortage of beds and/or space.

1. The details of intervention steps are:

1. The hospital has started with the ...

1. According to the Compensation Commissioner the campaign to compensate former miners with Tuberculosis and/or Silicosis began in 2014 and is ongoing.. The programme has received renewed attention in the past 8 years.

1. The total number of persons who were assisted in the past three years is indicated in the table below:

(a) According to the report from the North West Provincial Department of Health, there are 5 staff members who were involved in the incident where newborn babies were placed in cardboard boxes.

(b) The consequence management process is under way and the steps to be taken will be determined after the completion of the investigation.

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1. The question on the operational issues related to the running of Crematoria in the Country should be directed to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, which is the relevant department responsible for the crematoria regulation and monitoring.

1. This question should also be referred to the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

1. The above-mentioned department would be in a better position to ...

The Honourable Member is advised that this Question is a repeat of the Honourable Member’s Question 2046 on the same matter, which we have already responded to. The Honourable Member is referred to that response accordingly.

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