MEC Mashego conducts surprise visit at Mamone Clinic
Mamone
MEC for Health in Limpopo, Dieketseng Mashego, has on Tuesday 8 October conducted unannounced visit at Mamone Community Clinic in Mamone Village outside Jane Furse, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality (MLM).
Mashego paid homage to the health facility as part of her ‘Bophelo Pele Campaign’, which is aiming to strengthen and promote primary health care in general and provide necessary support to the department’s staff members so that they can provide proper services to the communities.
During the campaign, the MEC was welcomed by MLM Ward 21 Councillor Morwa Makoti Makanyoge, where they both visited the clinic’s waiting area, reception and consulting rooms to observe how patients are received, treated and they later embarked on checking the overall operation of the health facility.
“My plea to you our staff members of Mamone Clinic is to change the attitude towards our community and timeously attend to patients with the utmost respect they deserve,” she said.
MEC Mashego officially launched Operation Bophelo Pele a few weeks ago, which is an initiative among other things aimed by the department at bringing health services and awareness closer to communities.
Through the programme, Mashego paid homage to various health facilities to strengthen primary healthcare services in the province and promoting healthy lifestyle choices, attending to health institutions that admitted patient infected with bilharzia. Recently, some parts of Greater Tzaneen have been on the spotlight for what was perceived as a surge in bilharzia cases.
As part of the Bophelo Pele Campaign, MEC Mashego led a blitz at the Tzaneen Mall Taxi Rank together with a team of healthcare professionals engaging directly with community members to provide education on health issues and promote healthy lifestyle choices.
The Bophelo Pele programme also offer free screenings for various diseases, ensuring that individuals have access to vital health services and information, in which Mashego address various communicable and non-communicable diseases that affect communities daily.
