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MANZINI - A 16-year-old girl, who was a passenger, fell off a kombi she was aboard and her left foot was fractured as the public transport vehicle ran her over.
The accident took place at the Manzini Nazarene off-ramp, along the MR3 Public Road on October 5, 2022 and the driver of the Toyota Quantum kombi, Siphesihle Mdluli (31) of
MBABANE - The Ministry of Health and government have investigated the cause of the frequent stockout of medicines in the public health facilities.
The commission’s report highlighted a number of gaps as well as specific recommendations. Some of the causes are as follows:
Inaccurate forecasting of commodities leading to over or under supply
Shrinking supplier base due to a number of reasons including payment tendencies (Dollar vs Lilangeni) Unfavourable economies of scale. Our quantities of commodities are very small compared to other countries. As a result manufacturers have to wait for other countries to place orders so as to form reasonable batches. On our own we are unable to form a complete batch for production, hence some delays may happen.
Communication between the Central Medication Stores (CMS) and facilities is a contributing factor.
Inconsistent supply of fuel has been a major challenge contributing to shortages of medicines in health facilities. An attempt to have fuel browsers at CMS has not been successful.
There have been a few reports of theft of medicines and other supplies and as such the perpetrators have been nabbed (through cameras fitted in the CMS as well as distribution vehicles) and their cases are still pending in the courts.
What is not known yet is how stock theft occurs in hospitals and clinics. There are controls in place but not necessarily strong enough across all facilities.
Ngwane Park, has been arrested for negligent driving.
The accused person appeared before Acting Magistrate Thami Ndlovu yesterday, where he was charged for contravening Section 89(1) as read with Section 122 (1) and 122(7) of the Road Traffic Act 6 of 2007.
According to the charge sheet, on October 5, 2022 while at Manzini Nazarene off-ramp along MR3 Public Road in the Manzini District, the said
accused, being a driver of motor vehicle - a Toyota Quantum kombi with registration numbers QSD 232 BH, drove the aforesaid public transport vehicle negligently on the public road. As a result of the negligent driving of the driver, a 16-year-old passenger of Mobeni Flats in Matsapha, who was on board fell down while it was in motion and further ran over her left foot and in the process, it was fractured. Thereafter, the passenger was rushed to the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital where she was