IN FOCUS: Your Gauteng - Health
The economic hub of South Africa is home to many seeking better opportunities. But with that comes a huge responsibility for especially local government, the public and private sectors - to create and sustain those opportunities.
In this series, featuring various sectors, we ask you what should be done to uplift, maintain and improve our province.
Join the conversation, and give your input. Leave your comment on this page, or tweet us at @jacanews - use the hashtag #GautengAtWork.
HEALTH
THE SOAPBOX: What's the view from residents?
5 things you need to know about health in Gauteng
- Gauteng has constructed 11 new clinics and community health centres over the past two years
- Funding has been provided to 45 substance-abuse treatment centres
- Gauteng government aims to establish an electronic patient record system in all public hospitals by 2019
- Harnessing ICT in health (e-Health) has resulted in 60 hospitals having scanned medical records
- The number of people in Gauteng on antiretroviral treatment exceeds 750 000 per year
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on public health facilities in the province:
"The percentage of pregnant women who attend antenatal visits before twenty weeks has improved steadily which has contributed to a decline in maternal deaths. The 2015 Gauteng City-Region Quality of Life Survey found that 72% of respondents are either 'very satisfied' or 'satisfied' with the level of care they receive from Gauteng public health facilities."