President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is impressed and touched to see women in key senior positions at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria.
Ramaphosa was at the hospital on Tuesday morning to check on the newly established Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) facility, made possible by the department of science and innovation, the department of health, and the University of Pretoria.
"One does not go to many places, particularly in the private sector, and see this type of diversity, you do not often get it, and now here I see it in the public sector. I have seen another aspect that impresses me quite a lot, which also touched Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. I have seen how there are so many women who are in senior key positions ... that I find impressive," Ramaphosa said.
He said women who are in senior positions should be celebrated. He also sent his appreciation to the workers who maintain the hospital's cleanliness.
I was most impressed by the research that is being done here, this is how a hospital should be and should be managed, so I pay tribute to all of you, I came, I saw and I was most impressed.
— President Cyril Ramaphosa
"I want to applaud the cleaners and the security because this hospital is clean. Whenever I go to a health facility, I look at the cleanliness, and everything is well organised and packaged [here]. CEO, great accolades to you," he said.
Ramaphosa further said he was impressed by the technology at the hospital. "You have good hospitals here in Gauteng, and I want to applaud you, premier [Panyaza Lesufi] and MEC [for health], for allocating money to get all these technological applications.
"And I want to thank you for being foresightful and being addicted to technology, that is very good because in this day and age technology drives good medical healthcare, and going to various parts of this hospital I saw beautiful machines," Ramaphosa said.
He concluded by saying he was moved by the level of research.
"I was most impressed by the research that is being done here, this is how a hospital should be and should be managed, so I pay tribute to all of you, I came, I saw and I was most impressed," said Ramaphosa.
SowetanLIVE
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.