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Impact of COVID-19 on POLMED While the majority of the population stayed at home during lock down, our members were on the front-line of the battle against COVID-19, thereby increasing their risk of exposure to the virus. This unfortunately has had a huge impact on members and POLMED in general. In order to reduce the severity and impact of COVID-19 on its members, POLMED has had to embark on a massive screening and testing exercise. Those who tested positive were provided with the necessary healthcare which was fully paid for by the Scheme, including GP consultations, prescribed medication and hospitalisation where required. The Scheme went further by providing isolation/quarantine facilities for POLMED members, in order to protect themselves and their loved ones against the virus. As a member-centric scheme, POLMED provided the above services to save lives. Unfortunately, this came at a significant cost for the Scheme. At the time of producing this guide, POLMED had already spent more than R527-million on COVID-19 related expenditure, for both members and their dependents. However, overall expenditure was shielded from adverse effects as a result of elective procedures which were put on hold during lock down. The elective procedures and nonemergency healthcare service which were put on hold, are being scheduled and the COVID-19 shield has been taken away as evidenced by the claims volumes that are coming through our systems.
GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT WHAT EMPOWERMENT POLICIES ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES? In terms of Employment Equity, the employment of women is an attention area, hence the majority of employees at POLMED are women. Exposure has been provided, in particular, to two senior female managers to act in an Executive role. There is a focus on the development of PDPs for senior women in the organisation to enable their readiness for future executive roles.
GENDER EMPOWERMENT: STATISTICAL OVERVIEW Percentage of female executive management: >50.1% female executive Percentage of female staff members (overall in company): >50.1% female staff
COO: Dr Jaco Makkink Acting CFO: Lydia Motsepe Acting CLO: Julia Motapola Human Resources: Caretaker Heidi Thompson CONTACT INFORMATION Physical address: Crestway Office Park, Block A 20 Hotel Street, Persequor Park Lynnwood, Pretoria, 0081 Postal address: PO Box 14812 Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028 Telephone: 012 818 7500 Fax: 012 349 1932 Email: polmed@medscheme.co.za Website: www.polmed.co.za Twitter: PolmeofficialZA @PolmedZA Facebook: Polmed ZA
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