11 March 2013
The Department of Military
Veterans is issuing healthcare cards to military veterans so
that they can have easy and free access to the country’s military
hospitals from 12 March.
The healthcare
cards will be issued to military veterans that have updated their files
with the Department of Military
Veterans.
The process of issuing the cards
will be done in phases starting with Gauteng and the Eastern Cape from
12 – 26 March. These will be followed by KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Western
Cape, North West, Free State, Mpumalanga and Northern
Cape.
Director-General of the Department of Military
Veterans, Tsepe Motumi explained that the issuing of the healthcare
cards is a significant step in the direction of ensuring that the
department rolls out the social benefits stipulated in the Military
Veterans Act (Act No 18 of
2011).
