DA hopes to get answers on Kempton Hospital today
Various conflicting statements regarding the facility's future have been made in the recent past
DA members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature hope to find some answers on the future of Kempton Park Hosital today when they pose oral questions to Members of the Executive Council (MECs).
Refiloe Nt’sekhe (DA) will ask the Member of the Executive Council for Health the following:
1. Why has the MEC stated that renovations will not take place at the hospital, when DID spokesperson, Mbangwa Xaba, stated that the Department planned to spend R1 billion on refurbishing the hospital?
2. Whether the MEC is aware that R230 million has been budgeted for renovations at this facility over the next three financial years.
3. What decisions have been made around the future for the hospital?
4. When will details of the planned renovation or construction of a new hospital be announced to the local communities?
5. Where is this R230 million coming from?
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Nt’sekhe will ask the Member of the Executive Council for Infrastructure Development the following:
1. Why did the MEC indicate that repairs and renovations which are budgeted at R1 billion will commence in July 2016, when the MEC for Health publicly stated that renovations will not take place at the hospital.
2. Where is the budgeted R230 million for renovations at this facility over the next three financial years going to come from?
3. What decisions have been made around the future for the hospital?
4. When will details of the planned renovation or construction of a new hospital be announced to the local communities?
5. When will Health and DID settle their conflicting responses regarding this vital hospital?
