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Table 7.1 Military Health Support Programme Outputs for FY 2007/08 (continued)
Output Performance Measure Target Actual Achievements
Subprogramme Area Military Health Service
Geographic Military
Health Service Capability
Number of units
providing military health
service in accordance with
client requirements
9 x area health units
28 x health centres
28 x sickbays
3 x base hospitals
6 x oral health clinics
34 x military medical
clinics
3 x community centres
5 x occupational health
and safety centres
4 x Phidisa clinics
All units provided military health service
as required. The two base hospitals at
Hoedspruit and the ward that is used in the
Potchefstroom Hospital are operational as
base hospitals. The third base hospital at
Langebaanweg is not operational due to
human resource shortages and 2 Military
Hospital is utilised instead. Two Phidisa
satellites are fully operational in Durban and
Ladysmith respectively. The preparation of
a third Phidisa satellite in Grahamstown has
been completed and the facility will open
early in the new financial year. A new ARV
clinic was successfully accredited and is
operational in Potchefstroom.
The SAMHS has one operational base
hospital at Hoedspruit. The target for
FY 2007/08 was to maintain the capability
of 1 x base hospital. The SBP of
FY 2007/08, however, furthermore indicates
that the target for FY 2008/09 and
FY 2009/10 is to have 3 x base hospitals in
place. The SAMHS has a service agreement
with the Potchefstroom Hospital to utilise a
ward as an inpatient facility for the DODapproved
patients. During the process of
finalising the SAMHS operational doctrine,
the strategic decision was taken to regard
the inpatient facility at the Potchefstroom
Hospital as the second base hospital, as part
of the management intervention to meet
the target of 3 x base hospitals that was set
for FY 2008/09 and FY 2009/10. It was
therefore indicated in the public report.
The military health facility at Langebaanweg
was previously regarded and utilised as
a base hospital. This capability has not
been operational due to a shortage of
human resources. During the process of
restructuring the SAMHS, the feasibility
of reactivating the military base hospital at
Langebaanweg will be considered.