Central SA
Free State Health responds to illegal clinic─── 14:20 Tue, 20 Sep 2022
The case against three professional nurses in Harrismith, Free State, who are accused of running a clinic without the necessary accreditation, is being investigated extensively.
The Free State Health Department spokesperson, Mondli Mvambi, says the three accused have been sanctioned while internal investigations continue.
He adds the MEC for Health, Montseng Tsiu, expressed that the accused must face disciplinary procedures without fear, favour or prejudice. This, to serve as an example for other government officials to refrain from stealing from the government.
“The MEC is of the view that more people are without medication in the light of people who steal. And, it is likely that you may be disrupting the continuum of the provision of healthcare. Now, she’s of the view that the state should, in sentencing people, set an example, so that people thinking about this elsewhere should learn a lesson to not do it again.”
OFM News previously reported that Mary Mosia (59), Ntsoaki Sebakamotse (53), and Maria Monei (35) were arrested after the Phuthaditjhaba Crime Intelligence driven operation, along with the K9 Unit and Highway Patrol, received information about an illegal clinic that is operating in the Harrismith Central Business District with medication that belongs to the state.
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The case was postponed to 2 November 2022 and the accused were released on a warning after a brief court appearance on 15 September 2022.
Mvambi further says investigations are ongoing to establish whether the health facility owned by this trio was operating legally and if it is licensed. He says if they are found to be guilty, they will face the full light of the law.
