Health services bring medical attention in Diepkloof
The members of the ward committee organised a health awareness event to bring medical attention closer to the community.
On March 24, ward committee members under Health invited the community of Diepkloof to celebrate Health Awareness Day.
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The purpose of the event was to showcase all the health services that the community of Diepkloof has access to.
Stakeholders present at the event were Ke Ready for BP, weight and height, USAID for Covid 19 and Vaccination, Dept of Health, Centre for Children Environmental Health, Diepkloof Prov Clinic for BP and diabetes, Life Line for counselling, Dr. Mathebula for ambulance service, Masiphephe for GBV and intimate violence, Dept of COGTA for information on service delivery, Department of Community Safety, Skin Esteem for skin care, Alzheimer S.A for mental health and Hospice Witwatersrand Soweto for palliative care at home.
“We have organised the health care awareness event because we have a lot of problems at the clinic.
“We also wanted to make people aware of other services that we have within our area, services that they can utilise so that we ease the issue of queues at the clinics.
“The event will make sure that the community is educated about health services and they know all their health issues,” said Godfrey Tshehlo the councillor of Diepkloof Ward 27.
According to the Community Development worker, Seipati Witbooi the Health Indaba needs to deal with the challenges of all health institutions from local, provincial, and national. Challenges should not be evaluated in clinics and hospitals only, but also by people who receive funding from the government so that they can ensure that they promote healthy lifestyles.
“The community of Diepkloof has different types of health care services that people need to be educated about. Most people are unaware of most health services that health care institutions provide,” said Thabo Kometsi the ward committee member under Health and Social Development.
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The ward committee members would like to have a Health Indaba in the future, where all ministers take part in having a conversation about challenges found in health institutions.
“I believe that monitoring is very important, but in most cases, we don’t see it from the government institutions especially locally. Service delivery must be a norm and must be done regularly, but the most important thing is that community members must learn to read and understand the Batho Pele Principles,” said Witbooi.
