MBABANE:Mduduzi Matsebula, the Minister of Health has amplified Cabinet lies amid the ongoing health crisis and/or shortage of drugs in public hospitals.
This comes after Commerce Minister Mancoba Khumalo, the then Chairman of the Health Crisis Cabinet Select Committee promised that,by January 2024, the health crisis would be over and Government would have long delivered drugs.
But what happened thereafter, Cabinet including the Health Minister embarked on a publicity drive, touring the Mbabane Government hospital on what was described as a fact finding mission to assess the situation.
A few boxes that did not fill-up the shelves at the Central Medical Stores were delivered at the end of January 2024 and a publicity stunt was activated again to claim drugs “have been delivered”, in the process, hundreds are dying in public hospitals amid shortage of drugs.
In an attempt to evade accountability as this publication is consistently publishing and exposing the health crisis, Government then banned public officials from responding to this Swaziland News.
“The Ministry is working round the clock to resolve this issue. The Nation is assured that stocks of medicines and medical supplies are gradually being received”, said the Health Minister through the statement released on Thursday.
On another note, despite a forensic report released by Funduzi Forensic Services that exposed suppliers companies linked to SwaziPharm Director Kareem Ashraff, businesswoman Zinhle Matsebula and irregularities in the Procument Department, no arrests have been made as the suspects are allegedly linked to the Health Minister, Prime Minister(PM) Russell Mmiso Dlamini and King Mswati.
The health crisis was triggered by the widely reported and ongoing rampant corruption in public administration and royal extravagant spending.
Cabinet touring Mbabane Government Hospital