Arbitration reveals the skeletons in the Gauteng health department’s closet culture that gave rise to 141 deaths and continues to thrive. Levy Mosenogi could be described like many men who throughout history who have ended up on its bad side: a religious man and active in his community by his own account during his recent..
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Life Esidimeni: How good people come to do very bad things
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Vermiste pasiënt se lyk ná 2 weke in hospitaal-dak gekry
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Die lyk van ’n pasiënt wat in die Stellenbosch- Provinsiale hospitaal behandeling ontvang het, is in ’n makabere voorval in die dak van die hospitaal gekry nadat hy sowat twee weke terug verdwyn het. Die man (61), vermoedelik van die Paarl of Stellenbosch, was baie siek en deurmekaar toe hy twee weke gelede spoorloos uit..
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Obesity costs SA economy more than R700bn per year
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Johannesburg – The economic impact of obesity in South Africa is more than R700bn per year, a study revealed. According to the Discovery Vitality OBEcity index for 2017, which presents insights on weight status and food purchasing behavior of Vitality members across six South African cities, the impact of obesity is not only limited to..
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Treatment waiting times continue to surge as KZN cancer services fail
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Watch how waiting times for life-saving cancer treatment has grown as KwaZulu-Natal’s cancer services crumble. As the crisis grows, patients wait longer and longer for treatment. This information comes from the SAHRC’s report but Democratic Alliance spokesperson for health in KwaZulu-Natal Imran Keeka says he doubts the veracity of the information. Keeka alleges the data..
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Controversial billion rand mental hospital becoming white elephant
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The DA is concerned that a number of factors are threatening the operationalization of the new mental hospital in Kimberley, placing it at a very possible risk of becoming a white elephant. These factors include an obvious lack of funds coupled with internal management issues at the Northern Cape Health Department and within provincial government…
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SA health sector faces a crisis
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South Africa compares unfavourably with middle-income countries on the ratios of medical and dental professionals, and many districts have limited access to specialists and subspecialists. Even South Africa’s private sector has fewer doctors per 100 000 people than most countries in the world. A comprehensive report produced by Econex after a request from the Hospital..
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‘Fight’ at hospital where wounded Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen is admitted
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Cape Town – A fight has apparently broken out at the hospital where Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, who was wounded in a shooting at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday, is admitted. Late on Thursday, police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said the scene was still active and she therefore could not yet..
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Winnie recovering in hospital after knee operation
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Johannesburg – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is recovering in hospital after a minor knee operation, her spokesperson said. “When I visited her, she was sitting up and talking,” Victor Dlamini told News24 on Friday. “Mrs Madikizela-Mandela will be kept at the hospital for the next two weeks to ensure that she has adequate rest and her progress..
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Winnie Mandela recuperating in hospital
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JOHANNESBURG – Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been admitted to hospital. Madikizela-Mandela was admitted to the Milpark Hospital on Tuesday evening for a minor procedure on her knee. The family has issued a statement saying her doctor has pronounced the procedure a success. Madikizela-Mandela will be kept in hospital for the next two weeks, for..
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Staatshospitale in SA bloei weens tekort aan medici
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Daar is meer as 4 000 vakatures by Gautengse staatshospitale in kritiek belangrike poste soos dié van spesialiste, aptekers, dokters en verpleegkundiges. Dié situasie het aan die lig gekom in die jaarverslag van die Gautengse departement van gesondheid wat onlangs in die provinsiale raad ter tafel gelê is, sê Jack Bloom, die DA se woordvoerder..
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