The Eastern Cape department of health has published its R120-million tender to outsource chronic mental healthcare in the province – and has put emphasis on the reintegration of mental health patients in their communities. Apart from chronic care‚ service providers have also been asked to tender for community-based initiatives to achieve this. Seven-hundred adult and..
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Mental health to be ‘outsourced’ in Eastern Cape
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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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MEDICAL AID PREMIUMS SET TO INCREASE IN 2019
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Medical aid schemes have announced that the premiums paid by members are set to increase in 2019. Talk Radio 702’s Xolani Gwala spoke to Paresh Prema, general manager of the benefits unit at Council for Medical Schemes, about what medical schemes consider reasons for increasing the premiums. Prema says the responsibility of the council is..
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CANCER:- Micorocoil localisation in treating early-stage lung cancer
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A breakthrough minimally invasive surgery technique, microcoil localisation, allows doctors to pinpoint and remove tiny nodules in early-stage lung cancer without damaging additional healthy tissue.
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Limpopo paramedic in hot water after allegedly transporting alcohol in vehicle
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A video of a Mokopane resident approaching a Limpopo EMS paramedic over the alleged abuse of a government vehicle for private use has gone viral on social media.
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Constitutional Court Ruling:- You can get high now in private
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In a unanimous judgement, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered that the private consumption and cultivation of cannabis be decriminalised.
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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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