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4.6C Zungu, S., Mathu, K., & Scheepers, C. B. (2018). Addressing…

- - - - history of labor unrest precipitated
        mainly by low wages and poor working conditions.
      - private providers but desired to be employed directly
      - Tshabalala’s observations were corroborated by doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other
        internal stakeholders at the hospital.
      - Doctors generally feared being deployed to the
        hospital, which is located in the hostile Umlazi township, with its high crime rate.
      - Patients arrived from 4.00 AM but could only be seen by the doctors from around 10.00 AM,
        as the medical record retrieval process took many hours.-medical record retrieval process took many hours.
      - As owner of the hospital, government was the principle stakeholder.
    - - The patients’ outcry was mainly because of the many hours they had to spend in queues
        to get their medication.
      - Democratic Alliance (DA) raised the issue of medical negligence at PMMH, which cost
        R1-billion in 2015
      - They also raised the issue of labor unrest in government
        hospitals and irregular employment
      - Treatment Action Campaign (TAC),
      - As community health workers focused on holistic care and support at
        household level, they enabled open communication with the community
      - They raised concerns over the public
        sector strike at government hospitals in 2010 which turned violent.
      - At the peak of the crisis, the pharmacy was trying
        to handle more than 40,000 scripts each month.