Director
Marathane Tlhomola
Mandate & Objectives
The estate management department was established under the
health sector reform programme as a response to a desperate
need to streamline facility and equipment maintenance at all
the levels of the health system. This department is also
supposed to coordinate decisions related to infrastructure
development to ensure that development initiatives are in
line with the established priorities of the sector
(inclusive of CHAL). The key mandate of the department is to
set standards for equipment and facilities so that minimum
acceptable standards for the provision of good quality
services and a safe environment for patients and health
workers. This mandate goes as far as ensuring that these
standards are not only met through the development of
appropriate guidelines for planned preventive maintenance.
To this end the department supervises the districts and
responds to some of the dire maintenance needs at his level.
The main
challenges facing the department are severe shortage of
staff within the department and at the district level. The
Estates Management Department is supposed to be staffed with
the Director who would be supported by two other experts in
biomedical equipment and an architect, so far the department
is manned by the director alone with minimal support staff
at the district level. QEII is the only facility in the
country that has a maintenance department. The other
challenge relates to the meagre budget allocation for
overall maintenance within the sector, budget constraints
play an important role in the ability of the department to
carry out its mandate. Some support has been secured through
the Health VI project under the health sector reform
programme. The Ministry has employed some of the key
technical persons to work on the Health VI project and the
terms of reference for these experts include facilitating
capacity building of the Estates Management Department.
DOCUMENTS
Maintenance Systems Review
QEII Economic Analysis
Infrastructure Plan
Health Centre Rationalisation Study
Health Study Phase I
Health Study Phase II
Health Study Phase III (Hospital typology)
Contact Person
M Tlhomola
Position Director.
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