New clinic now open to community
Healthcare services have now been brought to the doorstep of a community of about 17 000 people in Umjindini.
This is after the construction of a R15.4-million state-of-the-art clinic courtesy of Barberton Mines through its public/private partnership with the provincial government.
The project began in 2015 and was officially opened and handed over to the community by the mineral resources and energy minister, Gwede Mantashe, and the MEC for economic development and tourism, Vusi Mkhatshwa, who represented the Mpumalanga premier, Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, on Saturday. Mantashe appealed to the community to protect the clinic against vandalism.
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“From now on, this clinic is your property and therefore you must protect it at all costs.
The people treated here will be your good selves, not government, not Barberton Mines,” he said.
His sentiments were echoed by Mkhatshwa and Barberton Mines’ Jan Thirion. Mkhatshwa told the audience that the clinic will contribute towards the attainment of quality health.
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“It is only through a collaboration such as this that quality healthcare shall reach the length and breadth of our nation,” he elaborated.
As the country intensifies its fight against Covid-19, the establishment of the clinic is timely, as it is earmarked to vaccinate the locals to mitigate the spread of the virus.
