Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

| Department of Defence |
| Programme 5: Military Health Support |
Output
Geographic
Military Health
Service Capability
Performance
Measure
Number of
patients treated
Specialist/Tertiary Military Health Service
A tertiary military
health capability
for the SANDF,
Governmentapproved
patients
and VIPs
Compliance with
operationalreadiness
requirements of
Military Hospitals
in Pretoria,
Cape Town and
Bloemfontein
Annual Target
Actual Target
Achievement
Reason(s) for
Over/Under
Achievement
701 500 973 800 Over-achieved
100% 100% Achieved
One Presidential
Health Unit
One Presidential Health
Unit
Increased
demand for
Health Services
During 973 800
consultations, a
total of
554 034 patients
were treated The
performance
indicator should
have been
formulated as
the “number of
consultations” and
not “number of
patients treated”
to address the set
target
In spite of
a shortage
of specialist
healthcare
practitioners at
military hospitals
Achieved
In spite of human
resource shortages
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