DA welcomes health MEC’s private hospital approvals
More beds means more competition which should bring down prices. That’s how Jack Bloom greeted the information that “13 new private hospitals with 1304 beds have been given the go-ahead to be built in Gauteng”. The Democratic Alliance’s provincial health spokeperson said this was revealed in a written reply to questions to Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu in the Gauteng legislature.Bloom listed the “largest approved hospitals” as:- 200-bed Mediclinic Hospital in Boksburg;- 170-bed Thomas Makhonya Hospital in Eikenhof‚ south of Johannesburg;- 170 bed Longlake Hospital in Longmeadow‚ Edenvale;- 170 bed Clinix Protea Glen in Soweto;- 130-bed Tumisang Private Hospital in Hartbeespoort- 100-bed Phelang Maletsatsi Private Hospital in Mamelodi;- 100-bed Netcare Pinehaven Hospital in Krugersdorp; and- 100-bed Head and Neck Specialized Hospital in Lynnwood‚ Pretoria.Bloom also said day clinics - which have been approved in Waterfall‚ Groenkloof‚ Benoni‚ Midrand‚ Roodepoort‚ Lynnwood‚ Fourways and Vereeniging – “will bring down the cost of operations as they do not have the expense of keeping patients overnight”.“The new beds will bring the total number of private hospital beds to more than 16000‚ and any spare capacity could be used to assist public patients as recently mooted by Health MEC Mahlangu‚” enthused Bloom...
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