Photo’s not for sensitive viewers. The provincial health department is investigating an incident at Livingstone Hospital’s oncology unit after the family of a terminally ill Sidwell man found him hanging half off the bed, his face covered in blood. The family claim they called for 10 minutes for a nurse before someone came to help..
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Probe launched after patient falls from bed – RIP MR JC Botha
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Union stops its nurses from escorting patients
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The provincial branch of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) is stopping its members from escorting patients from one health care facility to another. The union said its members had been exploited and overworked for too long, with the Health Department “dragging its feet” on employing paramedics qualified to handle referrals and transfers. Mandla..
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Vrou sterf wat glo in Warmbad- provinsiale hospitaal laat val is
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Die kankerpasiënt wat verlede week glo deur verpleegsters op die vloer laat val is in die Bela-Bela (Warmbad)- provinsiale hospitaal, is Maandagmiddag dood. Charmaine Caldwell (48) is omstreeks 13:10 dood, sê Leonie Brooks, haar suster. Caldwell is verlede Maandag per ambulans na die hospitaal geneem toe haar toestand verswak het. Haar familie was geskok toe..
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Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal al 2 jaar sonder vaste uitvoerende hoof
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Die Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal in Soweto het al die afgelope twee jaar nie ’n vaste uitvoerende hoof nie. Die vorige hoof, dr. Sandile Mfenyana, is volgens Jack Bloom, DA-woordvoerder vir gesondheid in Gauteng, sonder verduideliking deur Qedani Mahlangu, voormalige Gautengse LUR vir gesondheid, verwyder. Bloom sê dr. Sifiso Maseko, die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, is al..
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Hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid bedank na 143 sterftes
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Die geskorste hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid, dr. Barney Selebano, het bedank. Dit was hy wat die oorplasing van pasiënte goedgekeur het vanuit die Life Esidimeni fasiliteit na ongeregistreerde fasiliteite. Die oorplasing het gelei tot 143 pasiënte se dood. Tydens Selebano se aanstelling, het Jack Bloom van die DA Selebano se lof besing..
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Newborn babies are the worst affected by Listeriosis outbreak
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The South African government on Monday announced a range of interventions in the health sector in a bid to protect the population, particularly newborn babies, from a listeriosis epidemic which has killed 61 so far. “When we view statistics of affected people, we note that of all the vulnerable groups, neonates [newborn babies within first..
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Natal gesondheid in gemors
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Die Natalse Gesondheidsdepartement sit reeds twee jaar sonder ‘n finansiële hoof. Die departement sê dat hulle hul bes doen om die pos te vul. Die vraag is nou wie intussen omsien na die finansiële kontrole van die departement? Ten spyte van verskeie pogings en advertering van die pos is daar nog niemand aangestel nie. Waarnemers..
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Bejaarde man wat 15 dae lank op ’n noodoperasie gewag het, sterf
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Die Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement ontken enige aandadigheid aan die dood van ’n pasiënt wat 15 dae lank op ’n noodoperasie gewag het. Frederick Thiart (77) van Edenburg is 14 Desember dood, twee dae nadat sy been geamputeer is. Thiart, ’n diabeet, het met erge pyn en gangreen in sy een been in die Pelonomi-hospitaal in Bloemfontein..
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10 reasons why medical malpractice is threatening SA healthcare
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According to an Econex survey commissioned by the Hospital Association of South Africa (Hasa) in 2015, there were just 60 doctors per 100,000 people in 2013; whereas the world average is 152. The emigration of healthcare professionals adds to South Africa’s doctor shortage – a situation which is placing the country’s entire healthcare system at..
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Departement sloer met plasings vir gesondheidspraktisyns
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Solidariteit het vandag in ʼn skrywe beide die minister van gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, en die departement van gesondheid op terme geplaas om te voldoen aan hul statutêre verpligtinge om gemeenskapspraktisyns vir hul verpligte gemeenskapsdiensjaar te plaas. Dit volg nadat Solidariteit verskeie klagtes van sy lede en van die publiek ontvang het dat daar steeds ʼn..
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