TAC puts lab on the slab

07 July 2015 - 02:02
By Katharine Child

The Treatment Action Campaign and the minister of health are at loggerheads again. This time it is over the functioning of the National Health Laboratory Service, which the TAC believes is in crisis due to unpaid debts by provincial health departments and leadership changes.In a letter written to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi a few weeks ago, the TAC said it wanted to work with the minister to fix problems at the lab service, saying: "We cannot afford to lose this treasure.

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