Hon Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move:
That the Council -
1) notes that Minister Theuns Botha noted the long queues of patients at clinics and mostly early in the morning under unsafe and difficult circumstances;
2) notes that Minister Botha therefore undertook immediate measures to address the safety concerns of patients at these clinics;
3) further notes that he will explore the appointment system for regular patients to make reservations earlier, which is already being piloted at certain provincial clinics;
4) acknowledges that he will also expand the province's Chronic Dispensing Unit, which provides pre-packed chronic medication, to see if these packages can be delivered to people at home;
5) believes that he is also in discussion with security firms to render services of safety to our people and many other plans of services; and
6) supports the honourable Minister Botha in his endeavours to give a better service to our people in the health sector.