The problem, which has been attributed to a broken washing machine and recent strike action at the hospital, has affected three hospitals – Livingstone, Dora Nginza and Provincial – as washing for all three hospitals is done at Livingstone. Several plastic bags containing dirty linen are lying outside the laundry and while hospital management is..
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Livingston Hospital: Dirty hospital linen in plastic bags is piling up and patients often have to bring their own linen from home when hospitalised
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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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Man’s tumour misdiagnosed as a headache at Groote Schuur Hospital – told to take a tablet and go home
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A growing tumour eating into the nasal passage of a Mitchells Plain man was diagnosed as a headache by staff at Groote Schuur Hospital after he went to the trauma unit to get help for the pain. Faried Jassiem, who felt too ill to go to work, went to the trauma unit after he felt..
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This is what the ANC-government did to SA’s health care! – Cancer patients in KZN must wait up to six months for mammogram screening
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Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo is on record calling for people to get screened for early detection of cancers. And late last month, the national and provincial health departments launched a cancer campaign to educate people that many cancers were preventable or could be “successfully” treated through early detection and timeous treatment. However, more concerns..
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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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Pasiënte mag toilet by die Frere-hospitaal in Oos-Londen net drie keer per dag gebruik
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Die Oos-Kaapse gesondheidsdepartement ondersoek aantygings van pasiënte wat sê hulle mag die toilet by die Frere-hospitaal in Oos-Londen net drie keer per dag gebruik. As hulle die toilet buite die geskeduleerde toilet-tye ná elke ete wil gebruik, sal dit sonder die hulp van verpleegsters wees. Sinethemba Joya (29), ’n pasiënt van Kaapstad wat in die..
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Vacant positions at The Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto apparently sells for money and sex
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The Gauteng Department of Health held disciplinary hearings in connection with 111 incidents where employment was offered for sale at the Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto. Jack Bloom, DA’s spokesperson for health in Gauteng, said the shocking announcement was made in Gauteng by Ms. Gwen Ramokgopa in response to a question Bloom had addressed to..
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Vrou wag al 29 dae vir man se lyk omrede staatslykhuis nog geen lykskouing gedoen het
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Amper 29 dae nadat Kobus Cronje (58) dood is, lê sy lyk nog in die staatslykhuis van die Tygerberg-hospitaal terwyl sy vrou, Nina, hom ’n waardige begrafnis wil gee. Maar die forensiese patologiediens van die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid wag vir mediese verslae van die laaste hospitaal waar Cronje behandel is, sê Robert Daniels, ’n..
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Ageing health infrastructure in South-Africa must receive urgent attention
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Deputy President David Mabuza has announced that government will prioritise the upgrading and maintenance of health infrastructure in an effort to deal with the challenge of ageing and dilapidated infrastructure in public health facilities. Mabuza made the remark while highlighting the outcomes of the two-day Presidential Health Summit held in Boksburg. During the summit, Mabuza..
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