The department has for some time been concerned about the cost of this AMS and the ongoing need to invest more money in district and regional hospital services. In order to support access to specialist hospital services across the province, the department has, for more than 10 years, commissioned an AMS for the movement of patients and clinical personnel to and between hospitals by air transportation. * a doctor outreach service from the tertiary Kimberley hospital to the distant regional and district hospitals. * a patient transport system, particularly for emergencies * regional and tertiary hospitals services
* a district health system providing primary healthcare, including district hospitals To manage these challenges, the Department of Health has a four-pronged approach: These are real challenges for healthcare provision in the province. To reach Kimberley hospital, the tertiary facility of the Northern Cape, some patients living in the farthest corners of the province may need to travel up to 1 400 kilometres. * Frances Baard district: Barkly West, Hartswater, Jan Kempsdorp and Warrenton hospitals.īecause of the large size of the Northern Cape province, patients often have to travel vast distances to reach appropriate medical care. * Pixley ka Seme district: De Aar, Prieska, Colesberg and Douglas hospitals * Namakwa district: Springbok and Calvinia hospitals * Siyanda district: Postmasburg, Keimos and Kakamas hospitals * John Taolo Gaetsewe district: Kuruman and Tshwaragano hospitals
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The full list of district hospitals includes: Kakamas hospital in Siyanda district), and the largest has 183 beds (Tshwaragano hospital in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district). The smallest of these have just 30 beds (e.g. There are 15 district hospitals in the rural towns across the province. Gordonia hospital in Upington is being developed as a regional hospital and is providing an increasing number of secondary hospital services. The province has one provincial hospital, Kimberley hospital, which provides some tertiary services and a larger number of secondary services. This contrasts with a provincial average of less than three people per square kilometre. The size, geography and population distribution of the Northern Cape province, pose special challenges for hospital services and the access that our people have to these services.Īlthough the Frances Baard district is geographically the smallest in the Northern Cape (3.4 percent of the total surface area of the province), it accommodates the largest proportion of people, giving it a population density of 26 people per square kilometre. The Department of Health is terminating the current aero-medical service (AMS) with the South African Red Cross and agreeing alternative AMS arrangements with the military services at a lower cost.
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