ActionSA criticises the Health Department’s failure to track undocumented patients [SOUND]

# ActionSA has criticised the Health Department for failing to track the number of undocumented migrants who make use of the country’s healthcare facilities. In a response to a parliamentary question, the department said everyone has the right to access healthcare services, and no one may be refused emergency medical treatment. ActionSA’s Kgosi Letlape says the absence of patient categorisation, where health records fail to distinguish between citizens and foreign nationals, severely compromises budgeting and policy formulation: