DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SHORT OF STAFF
Shortage of workers in the Department of Health who are responsible for inspecting food materials might have an impact on the Listeriosis not being tested here in South Africa.
This was said by the Minister of Health, Doctor Aaron Motsoaledi at the parliament. Apparently the Department is in short of 3300 workers in Environmental Health.
Now food inspection is being done by the municipality so Minister of Health was seeking power from the parliament to go and check on workers who are under environmental health so he could be able to add more workers.
Mr Motswoaledi has a point, maybe the workers are really overloaded with work. I hope the parliament gives him what he is asking.