Department%20of%20Health%20%20Mr%20G%20Sekobe,%20Cluster%20Manager:%20Non-Personal%20Health%20Services

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Department of Health Mr G Sekobe, Cluster
ManagerNon-Personal Health Services

• Submission to
• Parliament of SA
• January 2003

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Introduction

• Implement ODMWA Provisions
• Implement ODMWA Provisions
• BME Compensation Certification (MBOD)
• Autopsies for Diagnosis (NCOH)
• Award Compensation (CCOD)
• 1998 Summit Conclusions (DoH)
• Improve Asbestosis Diagnosis and Compensation
• Improve Education of Health Professionals on
  Asbestos
• Train Health Care Providers
• Investigate Linking Compensation to DSD Systems

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Improve Diagnosis and Compensation

• Decentralise BMEs to Designated Provincial
  Health Facilities
• GP Contracted to Provide Service
• Introduced Affidavits for Labour Histories
• Challenges
• Abuse of Affidavits
• Verifying Dependants (Autopsy Certifications)
• Reliable Contact Addresses of Claimants
  (Traditional Leaders)
• Manual Info Management (Computerisation)

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Improve Diagnosis and Compensation

• Environmental Exposure
• Fraud Staff, Banks, Communities
• 1998 Date (Diagnosed 5754, Compensated 2318)
• Awaiting direction from conclusions of forensic
  audit with labour history problems
• Recent Amendments to ODMWA
• Limit charges by reps to 0.5 of compensation
  award

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• Education of Health Professionals
• Course by NCOH
• Info Booklets Developed with Universities
• Participate in OH Courses by MBOD
• Participation by OH Professionals in SORDSA
  Programme
• DOH Sponsored OH Courses for Public Health Care
  Providers
• Improve Quality of Care research on Disease
  Burden with UCT
• Linking compensation to DSD System
• (Challenge CCOD Compensation is once off
  payments only)

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Overall Challenge

• Ratification of the Compensation System as per
  Cabinet Decision in December 1999
• Draft Policy Framework to Cabinet
• Action to be related to Poverty Alleviation
• Rehabilitation of Contaminated to Support Life
  Again
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