The Gauteng department of health says the Road Accident Fund RAF owes it R1.6bn for treating crash victims in the provinces hospitals, and the institution is one of the many debtors contributing to its crippling R4.6bn debt.
Of this sum, R2.4bn in outstanding fees is from self-paying patients, including citizens and foreigners, it said.
A significant portion of this category is attributable to foreign nationals, although the debt is not exclusively owed by them, as South African self-paying patients also contribute to this figure. The remaining balance consists of intergovernmental debt and outstanding payments from medical schemes, said the department.
