(1) What is the financial status of the (a) cash flow, (b) available salary budget for each category of medical professional and (c) capital budget of the Eastern Cape Department of Health in the 2012-13 financial year; (2) whether he will take any action to address any such shortcomings in order to provide essential health services; if not, why not; if so, what action; (3) why is the budget control and payments still under the management of the provincial treasury instead of the department of health?