Yes, Mpumalanga Department of Health acknowledges that though Morgenzon clinic has been gazetted as an eight-hour clinic, there a need to extend its operating hours since the clinic is far from other health facilities that operate for 24 hours. The plan is to extend the clinic hours of operation from eight hours, five days to twelve hours, seven days a week. The extended operating services hours and days are to commence from 1 April 2025.
a) The Mpumalanga Department of Health has allocated an additional budget for the appointment of additional two cleaners and two admin clerks to complement existing support staff. Other categories of clinic personnel are sufficient to make the extension feasible.
b) None
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