Private healthcare a 'sick situation' – Motsoaledi
Cape Town – There is no plan to abolish private healthcare in South Africa, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday, despite raising concerns about the exorbitant prices charged by the country's private hospitals.
Motsoaledi was making a presentation at the Competition Commission’s Market Inquiry into the Private Healthcare Sector where, he said, private hospitals seemed to focus on the healthcare of a select few.
The Competition Commission of South Africa has been conducting a series of public hearings which started on February 16 and ended on Friday.
He said the department's definition of health completely differed to that of private hospitals.
Motsoaledi said he was not fighting a war against the private sector, but slammed them for being the cause of a number of issues within the health sector.