By REGINALD KANYANE
North West MEC for Health, Madoda Sambatha visited Bray clinic and handed over ‘awards of achievements’ to healthcare workers for their sterling work recently. The clinic is one of the four healthcare centres in the far-flung areas to achieve the golden status.
Other ideal clinics with gold status are in Buxton, Morokweng, and Magogong respectively. Even though the country is faced with COVID-19 pandemic, Sambatha said his department continues to provide first-hand services to the public especially in rural areas.
“An ideal clinic comprises of good infrastructure, adequate staff, adequate medicine and supplies, good administrative processes, and sufficient adequate bulk supplies. The ideal clinic uses applicable clinical policies, protocols, and guidelines.
“It also harnesses partner and stakeholder support by collaborating with other government departments, private sector and non-governmental organisations to address the social determinants of health,” he said.
Sambatha added that they have awarded four clinics certificates in recognition for the newly attained status. He said the initiative was part of quality improvement drive in rural clinics. Remember, we are in quality assurance week and it is imperative for us to celebrate this.
“The gold status achieved by these clinics is a sign that we deliver for all. All our health facilities either in villages and townships render similar services. The average score according to the weights assigned to the 208 elements determines whether a clinic has qualified for one of the four Ideal Clinic categories; silver, gold, platinum, or diamond.
“We will visit each and every facility to check whether service delivery is in accordance with the prescripts and expectations of the law. Quality assurance is needed to be maintained at all times,” said Sambatha.
He will visit Ngobi clinic on 27 August 2020 as part of his quality improvement drive.
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