Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Let me indicates indeed that there are constraints in our health systems but that the President has announced additional resources to assist us to augment the additional needs that we have decided upon. So, every province is now increasing the number of beds putting up field hospitals in stadiums, in exhibition centres and also putting up old facilities that are being renovated. So, additional beds are being made available. We have had additional human resources being employed.
So, in the case of the Western Cape, they have employed over 800 nurses in the past two weeks and the Eastern Cape has done the same, just under a thousand nurses because we see the need.
We have also made a call to say the doctors who are unemployed who are registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa should come forward so that we can increase our human resources.
So, we want to guarantee that every one will receive care on the basis of need not on the basis of means. As we go along, we will make sure that everyone follows the protocols, the Ministerial Advisory Committee together with the specialist team and the clinical society of the department are looking at all the protocols that will determine what treatment each person get not as to whether anybody will be judged on basis of whether they can afford or not afford. It will not be possible to deny anyone any assistance just because they are poor. That we will make sure does not happen. Thank you very much.
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