Issued by Department of Health
9 November 2006
The Hospital Revitalisation Programme is critical in the Department of Health’s effort to improve the quality of health service and, contrary to the media report by the Cape Argus today, it will not be suspended.
The programme currently covers 43 projects (hospitals) in the country. The Department intended to add another 21 extra hospitals on this programme based on the bid submitted to Treasury for additional resources.
The budget allocation approved was significantly lower than what was requested. This has meant that the Department will only implement the currently approved projects and not add new projects.
There are seven funded projects in the Western Cape which are:
The total value of these projects is R191, 833 000 million.
Sibani Mngadi @ 082 772 0161