Mathabo Leeto

"I'm ready for my day in court. Appearance in court does not translate into one being necessarily guilty. Courts were established for the sole purpose of determining the guilt or innocence of individuals."

"I therefore, rise to table the R12.759 billion 2023/24 budget of the Department of Health, in accordance with the 8 budget programmes."

"During the previous financial we committed to fill 637 active vacant posts, prioritising critical and clinical posts and we have appointed 574 officials and promoted 255 officials."

"Much work has been done in reviewing and modernising the macro- organisational structure. Costing for the proposed structure has been finalised and the letter of verification of budget allocation on Compensation of Employees has been requested from the Provincial Treasury."

"I am happy to announce that we have established a working relationship with the Eastern Cape Department of Health that will see us rollout a bespoke Patient Information System (HMS2) at all district hospitals to improve patient care, revenue generation and mitigation against the increasing medico-legal exposure."

"We will implement this project 12 hospitals during 2023/24 financial year. This is part of aggressive attempts to modernise public health through digiting health service. This programme will include the back scanning of paper-based patient files."