a) The Department is planning to increase the number of medical staff to care for the extra patients to match the increase of approximately 300 beds at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital. The information regarding the breakdown of the medical staff that will be employed to care for the extra patients is attached as (annexure A).
b) The total numbers of increased bed capacity in each province is as shown in the table below:
Province |
(i) Normal Capacity beds |
(ii) Additional beds capacity |
||
Non-ICU beds |
ICU beds |
Non-ICU beds |
ICU beds |
|
EC |
12 777 |
410 |
10260 |
1796 |
FS |
6 573 |
235 |
5586 |
477 |
GP |
30 152 |
2343 |
22819 |
3204 |
KZN |
26 358 |
1092 |
19524 |
1668 |
LP |
7 905 |
113 |
6338 |
938 |
MP |
6 848 |
203 |
4768 |
753 |
NW |
4 624 |
187 |
4273 |
748 |
NC |
2 239 |
42 |
1378 |
189 |
WC |
11 327 |
991 |
9209 |
868 |
Sub Totals |
108 803 |
5616 |
84155 |
10641 |
Total |
114419 |
94796 |
c) The breakdown of the total number of healthcare workers that have been added to provide for the increased bed capacity in each province is attached as (Annexure B)
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