The provincial Health Department in the Free State has stopped giving ARVs to newly diagnosed AIDs patients because of financial problems.  In November they announced that all non-emergency surgeries would be pushed back until after January.  Each province receives a grant from the central government for HIV/AIDs treatment in public hospitals, and as of September the Free State was under-budget for the 2008-2009 financial year.  So what happened?  Has the rate of new AIDs cases increased significantly in the past two months?  Or has the money been diverted to other things (like luxury vehicles)?

And what would happen in the absence of a private system?  No ARVs.  No non-emergency surgeries.  Currently you can get both at private hospitals.