Sibongiseni Dhlomo, KwaZulu-Natalse LUR vir gesondheid, het die naweek tydens ʼn verrassingsbesoek aan die Church of Scotland-hospitaal pasiënte wat op bankies en die vloer slaap by die hospitaal aangetref.
Dhlomo het Sondag gevolglik vir die hospitaal se bestuur opdrag gee om ʼn gepaste plek te soek vir pasiënte om te slaap wanneer hulle oornag moet wag vir vervoer om hulle na ander hospitale in Pietermaritzburg te neem.
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‘n 65-jarige pasiënt is glo in ’n hospitaal in Port Elizabeth aangesê om in ’n kombers te urineer, weens die tekort aan bedpanne.
Donovan Nolan is in Februarie in die Dora Nginza-hospitaal in die stad opgeneem waar hy op ’n staalbedtrollie sonder ’n matras, kombers of kussing moes lê.
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As North West communities wait for the ANC to decide the fate of Premier Supra Mahumapelo, things have gone for bad to worse as health services in the province are close to total collapse.
Just when he was breathing a sigh of relief after the army’s health services – a team of nurses and doctors – took over collapsed health services at Mahikeng Provincial Hospital, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was told more health professionals were downing tools in other areas.
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A woman was allegedly forced to give birth unassisted at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital.
A few days after it was reported on the death of a newborn baby whose mother had to give birth to him without any assistance from nurses or hospital staff at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, another mother has come forward, claiming she had to give birth in similar circumstances, Krugersdorp News reports.
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A 52-year-old Kimberley man died while waiting over four hours for an ambulance to transport him for medical attention on Monday morning.
The man’s niece, Elizabeth Manogwe, believes that her uncle would still be alive had the ambulance arrived sooner.
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A pregnant mother, who lost her baby, has described to Eyewitness News her traumatic experience of waiting three days before the fetus could be removed, apparently because of a high demand for cesarean operations at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg. Regina Ndahamana arrived with a referral letter at the hospital last Wednesday..
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Unemployed, a single mother of two small children, aged 6 and 10 years, and not feeling well – coughing for some time with chest pain – forced Ms P.M. to seek help at the nearest public clinic in Tshwane. Despite telling symptoms and another visit to the clinic with an additional tell-tale complaint – significant..
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’n Pasiënt van 41 jaar is in Stellenbosch se provinsiale hospitaal vermoor. Die man is vermoedelik verwurg. Sy lyk is Woensdag omstreeks 01:25 onder ’n hospitaalbed gevind. Die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid het die voorval bevestig. Die man se familie is van sy dood in kennis gestel. Die forensiese dienste sal ’n lykskouing doen om..
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Lyke is weer besig om op te hoop nadat Gauteng se personeel by staatslykshuise hul skalpels en ander instrumente neergesit het. Dit blyk dat personeel sonder enige formele kwalifikasies werk en dat hulle nou eis dat hul opgelei moet word om beter vergoeding te kry. Die vraag is nou hoe werk personeel sonder enige formele..
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Psigiatriese pasiënte is weer op skokkende wyse deur die regering versaak skaars 18 maande nadat Rapport die volle omvang van die Life Esidimeni-ramp geopenbaar het waarin 144 pasiënte dood is. Die ingang na die Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal word streng bewaak en Rapport is toegang geweier. Die “haglike en onmenslike” manier waarop pasiënte in ’n..
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