{"id":90143,"date":"2025-09-21T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-health-mec-condemns-blocking-of-clinics-after-childs-death"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:51:22","slug":"gauteng-health-mec-condemns-blocking-of-clinics-after-childs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/gauteng-health-mec-condemns-blocking-of-clinics-after-childs-death","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng Health MEC condemns blocking of clinics after child&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has condemned the blocking of access to public healthcare facilities following the death of a one-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Malaiwan National Grace Banda said she was prevented by Operation Dudula members from accessing the alexandra clinic to get health assistance for her sickly toddler.<\/p>\n<p>However, Operation Dudula denies this, saying they did not instruct their members to block access to the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past weeks, members from Operation Dudula have been barricading the entrances of public healthcare facilities across Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said her department is investigating the circumstances around the death of the one-yearold child and whether his malaiwan mother was prevented from accessing the clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that child shouldn\u2019t have died. I don\u2019t get any joy or pleasure when I see a child not being serviced or taken care of because health services are for everybody \u2013 it doesn\u2019t matter whether the mother is having a child who is Malaiwan but that child doesn\u2019t deserve to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has condemned the blocking of access to public healthcare facilities following the death of a one-year-old child. Last week, Malaiwan National Grace Banda said she was prevented by Operation Dudula members from accessing the alexandra clinic to get health assistance for her sickly toddler. 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