Ministry moves to address crowding in hospitals

Speaking to Mmegi yesterday, principal public relations officer in the ministry, Doreen Motshegwa said that in their endeavour to deliver timely services in health facilities they would be adopting what they call block booking.This means that a working day will be broken into a number of sessions during which a group of people will be booked to see specialists. 

For example the first block would start from 7.30am to 9.30amh and the second block from 9.30am to 11.30am.If patients miss their appointments they will have to wait for an empty slot to see the doctor. This will help reduce overcrowding because some patients would come only in the evening when they know they would be booked to see a doctor.