Natasha Mabuto
22 July 2016
The City of Cape Town’s Health Directorate will
roll out a new fleet of mobile clinics in the coming months.
The directorate has spent R2million to acquire four
new IVECO mini- buses in April this year.
The renewal of vehicles is set to cost just over a
million rand and will commence once the tender process has been finalised.
City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Health, Councilor
Siyabulela Makeli says “Three of City Health’s eight sub-districts use mobile
clinics to reach clients in areas not situated close to existing health
facilities”.
He says “These
are the northern, eastern and southern sub-districts. The northern district
requires two mobile clinics due to the demand in the area”.
He added that “The mobile clinics provide services available
at most of our clinics, provided that the professional nurse deployed with the
vehicle is trained in all disciplines”.
This includes immunizations,
family planning services, HIV and TB testing and treatment, as well as basic
antenatal care. He concluded.
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