Patients in limbo as hospitals face staff shortages

JOHANNESBURG - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is laying out his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday afternoon.

A key topic will be the funding of the National Health Insurance.

While he'll be talking funds to implement the Act, a critical situation is unfolding in Gauteng.

Gauteng's central hospitals are struggling to meet overwhelming demand for cancer treatment.

Almost 3,000 cancer patients are waiting for life-saving radiation therapy.

All this while hundreds of millions in budgeted funds remain unspent.

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