DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health Jack Bloom raised concerns about misspelt signage at the Helen Joseph Hospital and has demanded answers from the Gauteng Department of Health.
The three signs in question for palliative care, anaesthesia and a dining hall were spelt as follows: alliance care, anaesthesia and dinning wall.
Bloom said, “We need to know what fishy company got the contract for this sign, why they were so incompetent and what they were paid for it. Is this another example of corruption such as we have seen at the Tembisa Hospital which grossly overpaid for items like skinny jeans and luxury armchairs?”
He has forwarded a list of questions to the Gauteng Legislature to be answered.
“Murdered whistle-blower Babita Deokaran uncovered massive corruption at the Tembisa Hospital with suspicious companies controlled by a few individuals. This may be the case at other hospitals as well. The DA proposes that all hospital contracts are made public on a website to pick up anomalies and enforce compliance with financial controls. This would ensure that competent companies are used that provide value for money instead of rip-offs.”
The hospital’s CEO Dr Relebohile Ncha in response to questions from Northcliff Melville Times said, “The signage was procured for Helen Joseph Hospital by the Department of Infrastructure Development. There were checks and balance mechanisms in place prior to the printing of the signage, however, a few oversight errors were spotted thereafter and rectified shortly after installation by the service provider.”
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