Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg on Monday and Tuesday, turning away families who had come to fetch the bodies of loved ones. Workers have been on a go-slow for two weeks, demanding a wage increase and better working conditions. On Monday workers barricaded the road, blocking the mortuary gates..
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Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg
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Huge number of ‘medical legal claims’ against health departments – just another sheer sign that the NHI is doomed to failure
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The civil rights organisation AfriForum today expressed concern regarding the huge number of medical legal claims against provincial health departments. Rapport yesterday reported that Kimi Makwetu, the Auditor General, concluded that these claims are much more in seven of the country’s provinces than the various departments’ industry budget for 2018/2019 and subsequently contain large risks..
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Oues se skokverhoging op Discovery-opsie
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Duisende pensioenarisse wat op die Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) se Keycare Plus-opsie is, moes tot hul skok hoor hul premies styg volgende jaar met sowat 47%. Lede op die KeyCare Plus-opsie betaal premies gegrond op hul maandelikse inkomste. Die skerp premieverhoging raak 139 000 lede wat op die laagste inkomstevlak van KeyCare Plus is…
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Mortuary out of hell! – Pietermaritzburg mortuary is filled with rotting corpse , no supply of cleaning chemicals and a air-conditioning system that is not functioning since 2014 – Way to go ANC!
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The smell hits you as soon as you enter the reception area. Workers say the air-conditioning system has not been working since 2014. The workers, who did not want to be named for fear of victimisation, took GroundUp on a short tour of the mortuary. Outside the reception area is a kitchen, and the toilets..
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Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital:- Possible link between baby formula, deaths in Joburg hospital
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Two types of bacteria were found in baby formula tested at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, but toxicology tests haven’t been done.
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Hospital News:- Rahima Moosa Hospital: “The hospital has violated the right of access to health” – says SAHRC
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The South African Human Rights Commission inspected the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital on 8 November.
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Disastrous ANC has no cure for poor healthcare in the Free State
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The ANC has no cure for the sickly state of health care in the Free State. Year after year the Auditor General (AG) diagnoses the Free State Department of Health with a serious case of poor leadership, mismanagement and maladministration. Year after year, the people of the Free State see no improvement in health care…
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SA’s medical health in shambles – 21 Patients still missing after the devastating Life Esidimeni tragedy that occurred in 2015
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Twenty-one mental health patients who were part of the individuals transferred from Life Esidimeni healthcare facility to illegal NGOs are still missing. In 2015, former Gauteng MEC of Health Qedani Mahlangu terminated a contract with the private hospital, saying it has become expensive to keep them there. This resulted in 144 patients losing their lives…
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Good news for Cape Town:- The old Conradie Hospital earmarked for R3 billion development
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The Conradie Hospital was opened in 1938 and was, at one stage, one of the top treatment centres for Spinal Neurodegenerative Disease.
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The ageing health infrastructure to receive urgent attention
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The South African government has committed to upgrading and maintaining the ageing and dilapidated infrastructure at public healthcare facilities.
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