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• A database on funeral undertakers with certificate of competence in terms of the Mortal Remains Regulation was developed and this office has engaged with Hospitals not to release cadavers to non-compliant funeral undertakers thereby ensuring the safe and hygienic storage, preparation and transport of cadavers mitigating any risks. This approach assisted this office in regulating the industry.
3.3.11 SWOT Analysis
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH SERVICES
Strengths Weaknesses
• Training and skills development
• Affiliation to the Institution of Environmental Health to
address skills development
• Human resource retention
• Inter-sectoral collaboration
• Public awareness
• Improved working relations between WSO and
Environmental Services
• Policy environment
• Human and financial resources capacity
• Disjuncture in the service
• Inadequate physical infrastructure to deliver MHS
• Public confusion and lack of understanding of primary
and environmental health
• Lack of or limited understanding of inter-linkages
between environmental health, primary health and economy
Opportunities
• Devolution of the MHs into the district
• Sector planning and policy development
• Education on differences between and benefits
primary health and environmental health
• Creation of a healthy and safe environment will healthy people and therefore healthy economy
• Empowerment of people to be self-sufficient in live in a better environment and therefore have
health, therefore better economy
Threats
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of • •
lead to
order to better
Conflict between political and traditional leadership compromising the delivery of the MHS awareness Water quality and quantity posing health risk Disposal of dead animals and lack of responsibility towards them
3.3.12 Challenge
Shortage of Environmental Health Practitioners in the District in terms of the national norm 1:10000 has resulted in Environmental Health Services not being effectively rendered as services are rendered on an ad hoc basis in certain areas. This results negatively in achieving the frequency of inspections of inspections conducted in terms of the National Norms and Standards ultimately affecting our scores during the Environmental Health Audits conducted by National.
3.3.13 Disaster Management
In line with Section 43 on the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002, Ugu District Municipality established the Disaster Management Section in 2005 within its Administration and its fully functional. In 2013 in-line with the Fire Brigades Act 90 of 1987, a decision towards the establishment of District Fire Services Unit was taken by Council. The District Disaster Management and Fire Services Section ensures a well-co-ordinated approach to Disaster Risk Management and Fire Services within the district. The District Fire Services provide support to those Local Municipalities (LMs) who has limited capacity and resources. The District Fire Capacity Assessment was conducted by the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) under COGTA. The outcome of the study proved that out of four (4) Local Municipalities, two (2) Local Municipalities were found to be functional. The District then initiated support to those municipalities.
The district control centre operates on a 24 hour basis daily. The Centre Control Room Numbers are as follows;
• Land Line (039 682 2414)
• Ugu Call Centre Toll Free No: 0800 092 837
• SMS System: 33131
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