http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2006/10/09/mantos-private-stay-in-public-hospital en-us 40 Third world country. First world politics. <p>Minister of Health Manto Tshabala was checked into hospital over the weekend after coming down with a lung infection. In order to show solidarity with her fellow citizens she chose to be checked into Johannesburg Public Hospital.</p> <p>Well kind of. You see Manto checked into the private wards of the Johannesburg hospital. The private wards are a way for those who can pay for it to get private level health care at public hospitals. Except as DA health spokeman Jack Bloom explains:</p> <blockquote> <p>They are so badly managed, in fact, that they lose about R1-million a year. This is a unique case of the poor subsidising the better-off.</p> </blockquote> Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:19:00 -0500 urn:uuid:1feda800b55766d68a2bb08c10dd24d5 Farrel http://www.politics.za.net/articles/2006/10/09/mantos-private-stay-in-public-hospital Health