Emganwini, Cowdray Park and Matsheumhlophe residents have expressed dismay at the failure of the authorities to construct clinics in their respective areas. The residents requested adequate and fully functional health care facilities. In 2010 Matsheumhlophe residents attended a ceremony that was graced by government and local authority officials, which was held to declare an intention to build a clinic to serve residents from ward 4. To date the area where the clinic is expected to be constructed is still idle with no sign of development. Emganwini and Cowdray Park residents on the other hand have to commute long distances to neighbouring suburbs to access health care facilities, or are forced to visit clinics in the city centre. This is disadvantageous especially when patients are faced with emergencies or for those that cannot afford private clinics and hospitals. It is thus imperative that the local authority establishes clinics in those three areas.
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