Healthcare centres are a place that should give one assurance that their ailments will be attended to and that they will return home satisfied by the service received.<\/p>\n
According to Palm Ridge resident Phumla Chebane, her new clinic is exactly that.<\/p>
\u201cThe state of the old Palm Ridge Clinic never inspired hope; I only went there because I had no other choice,\u201d said Chebane.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, when I visit the new clinic I already feel better when I step in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a larger waiting area with benches for us to sit while we wait for a nurse to attend to us and I am comfortable with my child playing around because it is cleaner.\u201d<\/p>\n Improved primary health care services are a necessity that has the potential to prevent hospital admissions when community members receive adequate assistance.<\/p>\n The most common challenge experienced at both facilities was the lack of space which also inhibited the healthcare providers\u2019 ability to provide quality services.<\/p>\n \u201cI am very excited about the new clinic,\u201d said Nomtha Mengwayi, the clinic head at Tswelopele Clinic.<\/p>\n \u201cPatients will have more privacy as separate rooms will be used for different functions.<\/p>\n \u201cPreviously one office was as an emergency room and a doctor\u2019s consultation room, which at times limited the number of services provided at the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n While Palm Ridge and Vosloorus residents are enjoying the new clinics, the metro is currently in the process of constructing eight more clinics to continue enhancing resident\u2019s primary health care facilities.<\/p>\n The following clinics are currently under construction:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other metro articles:<\/p>\n What is happening to Germiston\u2019s CBD?<\/a><\/p>\n How to claim for damages from the municipality<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Nonthando](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNMUNICIPALCLINM_84264.jpg\")
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