SWAZILAND: Promise to heal the health service

MBABANE Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini has vowed to reform the healthcare system. "If you don't do what I have just said about improving hospitals, you must just hit the road and head home," Dlamini instructed Minister of Health and Social Welfare Benedict Xaba. Like the Prime Minister and the rest of cabinet, Xaba was appointed to his job in November by King Mswati...