Gauteng Cardiac Surgery Outcomes and Controversies

Original Article by Modiegi Mashamaite | TimesLive | 2 April 2026

Learn about the Gauteng cardiac surgery outcomes and the Health Department's response to DA claims of poor performance.

Learn about the Gauteng cardiac surgery outcomes and the Health Department’s response to DA claims of poor performance.

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Dr Thembisile Xulu is the new health Director-General, inheriting a strained department, healthcare-worker shortages and NHI litigation.

Gauteng is losing 100 nurses a month and needs R5.7bn to fill a 16,000-post gap. This shortage now flagged as a key risk to the NHI rollout.

Regulation, not demand, blocks affordable cover: medical schemes should be allowed to offer low-cost benefit options (LCBOs) now.