Applause the national health insurance nhi as it

[Applause.]
The National Health Insurance, NHI, as it stands, premises its
entire existence on the need to level the field of access. It
does not seek to improve the existing health facilities and
levels of care. The NHI, in its current form will nationalise
health care. We cannot allow a piece of legislation that has
neither been costed nor effectively planned for destroy the
little that we have.
The DA will oppose this Bill until it places the patient at the
centre of its conception. [Applause.] We trust that the newly
appointment Minister Mkhize will begin working on the basics.
Some of our health care facilities are death zones.
IsiXhosa :
Abantu bethu bangena ezibhedlele bekhangela uncedo baphume
ngeebhokisi. Eyona nto abantu abayifunayo kukungena ezibhedlele
naseziklinikhi bafumane abongikazi noogqirha aboneleyo.

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Abantu bakhangela urhulumente oza kuqinisekisa ukuba abantu
abadala abafiki ngonyezi, balinde imini yonke baphinde bahambe
bengancedwanga. [Kwaqhwatywa.] Mphathiswa nawe Mongameli
anisokuze nivume intsapho zenu ziye kufumana uncedo kwizibhedle
zethu kuba niyayazi imeko ezikuyo. Nibayekela njani abantu
abasonyulileyo baphatheke ngoluhlobo?
English:
The President should use the opportunity tomorrow to assure the
families of the loved ones of the Life Esidimeni tragedy that
they will receive their compensation.
In addition, the President should ensure that the people who
were responsible for the death of hundreds of mentally ill
patients are held to account. Those who are guilty, both
politicians and officials must be fired. They must be held
criminally liable for having played “upuca” with the lives of
our people. [Applause.]

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The fact that Qedani Mahlangu is still embraced by the ANC and
enjoys a leadership position is an indictment on you and your
organisation, Sir.
The problems that we face as a country are not insurmountable.
They can be resolved, but they require us to go back to the
basics of good governance like the DA has in the Western Cape.
When we come to this House to talk about the success stories of
the DA, we are not bragging, but we are bringing solutions to
the table. [Applause.]
In the Western Cape, we serve over 75% of the province’s
population who rely on public health care, but the outcomes are
objectively better than any other province in the country.
[Applause.] This is easily confirmed by the fact that we have
the highest life expectancy for both men and women. This is
because we have used a combination of innovation, political
will and commitment to our people.
Most critically, since the DA took back Western Cape in 2009, we
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This means, we have built new clinics, new hospitals and
ambulance stations and upgraded existing ones. This investment
has drastically improved patient experience.