A 17-year-old girl was raped at an Eastern Cape hospital just hours after giving birth‚ provincial police said on Wednesday. Captain Dineo Koena said the girl had given birth on Monday. “On Tuesday‚ a man came posing as a doctor. He asked her how she was doing following the birthing experience. She complained of heavy..
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Fake doctor rapes teen mom at an Eastern Cape hospital just hours after giving birth
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Smart hospitals in Africa set to achieve more high performance facilities
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The next generation of healthcare buildings will be very different from the hospitals, clinics and general practitioner (GP) surgeries we are familiar with today.
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A Gauteng hospital to be rebuilt for R1.3 billion
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Civil society organisations say that the cash-strapped province should rather save money and renovate the abandoned Kempton Park hospital.
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Looking at some South Africa hospital horrors
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South Africa´s recent spate of hospital horror stories and the sharp rise in cases of medical negligence are disturbing with medical negligence claims against provincial the country´s Health Departments increasing by around 25 per cent per year between 2011 and 2016.
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It’s now 90 years ago that Penicillin was discovered – and despite resistance, the future looks good for antibiotics
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When the NHS turned 70 this year, I was reminded of another anniversary which has had an enormous impact on healthcare over many years. Penicillin is 90 this year.
Discovered in September 1928 by Alexander Fleming, it was first used as a cure when George Paine treated eye infections with it in 1930.
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Nuwe en moderne hospitaal in De Aar word wit olifant
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Die nuwe en moderne hospitaal in De Aar is besig om in ’n wit olifant te ontaard, sê die DA, wat vandeesweek ’n oorsigbesoek daar gehad het. Isak Fritz, DA-woordvoerder van gesondheid, sê dit is hoog tyd dat Fufe Makatong, LUR van gesondheid, die hospitaal besoek. “Die hospitaal met sy moderne geriewe en tegnologie kan..
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Pasiënt kla oor haglike toestande by F.H. Odendaal-hospitaal in Modimolle
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‘n Hospitaal word geassosieer met higiëne en orde- Dit, sê ’n ontstelde inwoner van Modimolle, is egter nie die geval by die F.H. Odendaal-hospitaal in Modimolle nie. Foto’s van haar onlangse besoek aan die hospitaal wys ’n stukkende kraan wat met ’n vuil verband “reggemaak” is, stowwerige vensterbanke, toiletpapier wat in die bad lê, vuil..
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Deadly diseases are in Gauteng hospitals and it is out of control
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Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department is battling two deadly diseases that killed 15 infants in hospitals.
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Noord-Kaapse departement van gesondheid staar Miljoene rande se eise in gesig vir nalatigheid by 3 geboortes
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Die Noord-Kaapse departement van gesondheid kan hom regmaak vir eise van R60 miljoen vir skadevergoeding nadat hy mediese nalatigheid by die geboorte van drie babas erken het. Die bedrae wat geëis word, moet nog in verdere verhore bewys word. Dit volg op drie siviele gedinge wat die afgelope drie weke in die hooggeregshof in Kimberley..
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Medical Implants:- Germs can grow on them, but can they make you sick?
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Contrary to belief, implants are not completely sterile. When you insert a foreign body into the human body, you create a new habitat for bacteria.
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