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By Cynthia Nkgudi
The persistent challenges facing Philadelphia Hospital in Dennilton within Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality continue to spark outrage among residents of Moutse who are calling for the Limpopo Department of Health to urgently address the confrontations.
Residents cite problems of maintenance at the hospital, highlighting the unkept grass and uncared for trees that they say risks the safety of patients and healthcare professionals as well as staff.
Additionally, the residents complain about the unhygienic conditions at the health facility and the treatment of security personnel by companies providing services there.
According to the residents, security personnel grabble long-standing issues of payments under service providers contracted to the department.
Claims of sighting of snakes within the premises and in patient wards as well as broken toilets and poor cleanliness have surfaced previously.
MEC Dieketseng Mashego conducted an oversight visit at the hospital previously and announced a team would be dispatched to the facility to help address the unearthed problems of long queues and clean the surroundings as well as the administration block and wards.
However, the residents claim that the shortcomings continue despite announced interventions by the department.
Community leader Ali Maloba said the residents are fuming over the current state of the hospital, stating that the department’s invisible promises to address the poor conditions there are further angering community members who feel their interests are not prioritised when it comes to healthcare services.
“The community members have expressed total dissatisfaction over services at the hospital and need urgent attention to the matter. They feel that the issues raised with regard to the state of the hospital are being neglected and not taken seriously. The problems have been going on for an extended period and the people are starting to lose trust in the ability of the department to fix their challenges,” Maloba said.
During the protest action on April 24, the residents submitted a memorandum of demands to the representatives of the department on the issues affecting patients, healthcare professionals and security personnel there.
The Reporter had not received a response at the time of going to press.
