Question NW1914 to the Minister of Health
12 June 2023 - NW1914
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Health
(1)Whether he has been informed of theft of anti-retroviral medicine amounting to R125 000 that was stolen from more than once facility in the Free State; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of facilities in the province were affected, (b) is the name of the health department employee that was found with stolen medication and (c) repercussions emanated from that event; (2) whether his department has taken any steps to increase security at the affected facilities; if not, why not; if so, what steps have been taken?
Reply:
According to the Free State Provincial Department of Health,
1. The incident happened at Boshoff Clinic, the theft of anti-retroviral medicine amounting to the value of R85 000. Only 1 facility (Boshoff clinic) is affected. The employee was arrested by the police. He was charged criminally (SAPS Case number 27/01/2023) and departmentally. The employee was suspended from the 2nd of March 2023 and is still on suspension awaiting the finalisation of the disciplinary hearing.
2. The facility has installed the burglar bars on both windows and is planning to install the intruder alarm system.
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