Health Committees to Assess Readiness of Hospitals and Quarantine Sites in Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal

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Parliament, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 – The Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services will today conduct a joint oversight visit to the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces to assess the state of quarantine sites and readiness of public hospitals to deal with Covid-19. Also, the committees will visit private health facilities in those provinces.

Since interprovincial travel is not allowed under the level 4 lockdown, the committees have deployed their members to conduct oversight visits in provinces where they reside. The committees have prioritised provinces with high numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Details are as follows:

Western Cape, Tuesday 26 May

Time

Venue

Activity

09:30 – 10:30

Tygerberg Hospital

(West Side Trauma Deck)
  • Dr Dimitri Erasmus to brief the committee on the preparedness of Tygerberg Hospital to respond to COVID-19
  • Committee to receive feedback on the Laboratory operations at TBH
  • Questions and Answers

11h00-12h00

Cape Town International Convention Centre

(Field Hospital)
  • Guided tour of the temporary hospital
  • Dr Anwar Kharwa to brief the delegation on the CTICC as part of the COVID-19 response.
  • Questions and Answers



KwaZulu Natal, Tuesday 26 May

10:00

General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Hospital

12:00

Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital


ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH DR SIBONGISENI DHLOMO

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Name: Ms Yoliswa Landu
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