NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 33
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 27 FEBRUARY 2015
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 04)
Mr G Michalakis (DA-FS) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether his department has any plans to turn the Winburg District Hospital
into a clinic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are
the relevant details?
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REPLY:
The Winburg Hospital is still a District Hospital and there are no plans to
turn it into a clinic.
As expressed in the MEC: Healthâs Budget Speech for 2015/2016, Winburg
District Hospital is listed amongst the arterial route hospitals whose
Emergency and Trauma Centre is to be upgraded in order to respond better to
potential Motor Vehicle Accidents on the N1 Roda.
END.