South Africa: Rural areas to suffer for 2010

source: News24
2009-11-24 20:03

Bloemfontein – Free State health authorities might have to withdraw ambulances from rural areas in 2010 to service Soccer World Cup matches in Bloemfontein, the province’s health oversight committee heard on Tuesday.

This was revealed when committee member Susan Mnunzana asked the health department why it took an ambulance eight hours to respond to a call in Bloemfontein.

The department’s executive manager for strategic programmes Moeder Khokho explained the Free State only had about 80 working ambulances at any given time and not enough [continue reading]

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