According to a press release issued by Councillor Mpho Phalatse, the MMC for Health and Social Development, a total of 26 clinics across the City of Johannesburg will now enjoy extended hours and the clinic in Eldorado Park Extension Two is one of them.
“The City continues to roll out the extended hours of service to additional clinics as part of its mission to improve access to primary health care services to communities,” said Phalatse.
“The rollout of this program has given hope to our residents that indeed a day will come when we will throw away the keys to all our clinics. With the support and dedication of the City’s Health and Social Development team the current administration has managed to extend this generous offering to 26 of our clinics, and the plan is to bring this number to 36 by the end of the 2019/20 financial year.” she added.
Phalatse also said that between November 2016 and May 2019, a total of 1 991 614 patients were seen at the clinics offering extended hours of service. Of these, 18.8% were seen during the extended hours. On average 53.7% of the patients seen during the extended hours were registered on weekdays and 46.3% on weekends and public holidays.
“A total of 704 emergencies were seen during the rolled out of extended hours. The types of emergencies include: Respiratory distress, pneumonia, asthma, vomiting and dehydration, PV bleeding, miscarriages, pre-eclampsia, birth before arrival, post-partum hemorrhage, injuries post motor vehicle accident, assaults, stab wounds, burns, Paraffin poisoning/ingestion as well as dog bites,” said the MMC.
“We are not legislated to offer a 24 hours health care service, but through the steps we are taking, more and more of our clinics will operate until late in the evening and this service will be rolled out as per available budget’’ she added.
The Councillor noted that since the start of the program to extend operating hours, the waiting times have been declining, thus improving quality of service to our patients.
“It is such an honour to be part of a team that’s revolutionizing healthcare in the City of Johannesburg. Hearing testimonies of complications and deaths averted as a direct result of this intervention affirms that this is a move long overdue, and one that the city should continue to invest heavily in. We will continue to empower the health system to adequately meet the needs of our residents. After all – a healthy city is a working city” Phalatse concluded.
Times for the Eldorado Park Extension Two clinic are as follows:
Weekdays: 07h00-22h00
Weekends and Public Holidays: 07h00-13h00
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