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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143 lykshuise se yskaste funksioneer nie meer behoorlik, hoe funksioneer die Gesondheid Departement as hul nie eers in staat is om yskaste in stand te hou?
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Die Minister van Gesondheid het by navraag in die parlement gesê dat meer as 143 lykshuise se yskaste nie “behoorlik funksioneer” nie terwyl sommiges reeds tien jaar disfunksioneel is. In Sentraal Transvaal is daar in nege distrikte dertien yskaste wat nie werk nie terwyl die Odi Hospitaal in Pretoria drie yskaste het wat reeds 18..
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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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Medical facility under investigation after two babies die in mysterious circumstances at Shongwe Hospital, Mpumalanga
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The Mpumalanga health department on Tuesday said it launched an internal investigation into the deaths of two babies, who died at Shongwe Hospital in Nkomazi after they were born prematurely. Department spokesperson Dumisani Malamule told the African News Agency (ANA) that the babies died on Monday night. “There were suspicions at the beginning that the..
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Lack of empathy causes disturbed patient being burned after being locked up in solitary confinement at Wentworth Hospital
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A mentally disturbed patient was found with burns after being locked alone in a ward in the Wentworth Hospital in Durban, said the IVP. Ncamisile Nkwanyana, the IVP’s health spokeswoman in KwaZulu-Natal, said urgent action should be taken against medical staff who neglect mental-disturbed patients in health care institutions. “The neglect of such patients is..
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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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