Denosa is calling for an overhaul of the tender system in the healthcare sector [SOUND]

# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa is calling on the Health Department to root out corruption in procurement by overhauling the tender system and ensuring transparent processes. This is as the department plans to procure more hospital beds, mattresses, and linen, items that are crucial to patient care and dignity. Denosa’s spokesperson, Sonia Mabunda-Kaziboni, says they are concerned that these procurements if managed through the existing tendering system, will fall victim to the same corrupt practices that have plagued other public health initiatives: