Health Minister is an embrassment

The following Motion was brought by African Christian Democratic Party MP (NCOP) Kent Durr in the National Council of Provinces on Thursday May 15:

The House notes that the Minister of Health Ms Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has failed to endorse a general antiretroviral treatment plan for HIV/AIDS sufferers in the face of a treasury and health department report stating that providing these drugs is the most cost-effective way of combating the AIDS pandemic.

The House calls upon the cabinet to approve the antiretroviral treatment plan, in spite of the obvious reluctance of the Minister.

The House notes that the constant ducking and diving of the Minister continues while the litany of disaster of HIV and AIDS continues to grow.

The House notes that the Ministers tenure of office has assumed the proportions of a national disaster and is an international embarrassment to our country.

The House calls upon the government to replace her forthwith with someone more sensitive and more capable.


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For further comment please call Kent Durr MP (NCOP) at 403 3938 or ACDP Media Liaison Charmaine Horne at 084 370 3550 or 021 403 3307