Mobile clinic a no show in Tsakani
Residents were left disappointed and fuming after having to brace the morning cold weather to queue for the mobile clinic on Thursdays.
Tsakani – The metro claims the mobile clinic is currently undergoing ‘roadworthy evaluations’.
This comes after several residents in Extension 22 complained to the African Reporter that the health service has been a no show for weeks now.
Residents were left disappointed and fuming after having to brace the morning cold weather to queue for the mobile clinic on Thursdays.
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They state no one bothered to inform them about the changes.
Most of the beneficiaries are elderly people and those who are taking chronic medication.
They also raise concerns on how the clinic doesn’t service all those who need help.
One resident Kagiso Podile says the clinic would arrive at 10:00 and stop assisting people at 12:00.
“The mobile clinic comes in only when it feels like it. There was an instant where we had no clinic for two months without being given notice.
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“Now, it has been absent for three weeks. It is clear that our lives are not being prioritised,” says Podile.
The metro says it had, through telephonic communication, informed the ward committee on August 12 on the challenges experienced with the mobile clinic.
The municipality further states the services rendered from the mobile clinic should be until 15:30. Because the clinic services six other areas, it is impossible to have another added.
Elderly people are also advised not to arrive early at the clinic because they are given preferential priority treatment in line with the guideline on the elderly and frail patients.
The City of Ekurhuleni says it is no longer its responsibility to build clinics as that is now the mandate of the Gauteng Department of Health.
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