Gauteng Health has rejected claims by DA MPL Madeleine Hicklin that Charlotte Maxeke Hospital patients were being denied essential medicines, saying the allegations were factually incorrect.
The Gauteng Department of Health has condemned DA Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) Madeleine Hicklin over claims that patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital were being denied essential medicines due to shortages, saying the allegations were reckless and misleading.
The department said Hicklin’s claims contained factual inaccuracies after hospital management engaged her following the publication of her statement on 16 July.
It said Hicklin had claimed that affected patients were in “Ward 5”, but Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital does not have a Ward 5 and instead uses a three-digit ward numbering system.
According to the department, Hicklin acknowledged the factual error during discussions with hospital management.
