THE WARRENTON Hospital has had no water for the past two weeks, where the toilets cannot be flushed and patients have been unable to clean themselves properly. Patients who were admitted over the weekend indicated that when it was “absolutely necessary” to flush the toilet, a wheelbarrow was used to wheel in a refuse bin..
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Another Hospital without water, more ‘Load shedding on water’
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BREAKING NEWS:- Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need
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I had a patient last year, a four-year-old boy, with a type of cancer, called neuroblastoma. After initial treatment, cancer came back, growing in the confined space between his spine and stomach, causing unbearable pain. His mother was a police officer; a strong, stoical woman who had seen a lot, but she was struggling. After..
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Shocking News:- New Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemotherapy, Not Cancer
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No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself. Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research UK performed a groundbreaking study examining..
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Sleep Restores Immunity and Lack of Sleep Destroys It – How To Burn This Problematic Candle From Both Ends…
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Previous studies have linked lack of sleep to a number of health issues such as hypertension, obesity and diabetes. Lack of sleep also affected the immune system and now new studies reveal that lack of sleep has the same impact on the human body as high stress does. As reported in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “Sleep deprivation effect on the immune system mirrors physical stress.” – ScienceDaily
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A cancer drug offers more affordable treatment for diabetic retinopathy
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Treatment for diabetic retinopathy can be expensive, especially in low and middle-income countries such as South Africa, but a recent doctoral study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found that a relatively cheap drug called bevacizumab could be effective.
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Children in South Africa’s aren’t getting the mental health care they need
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has received increased scientific, clinical and public attention over the past few decades. It’s the most common psychiatric disorder in children – affecting 2% to 16% of the school going population.
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Time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia
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Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. The viruses and bacteria that cause the disease are spread through airborne droplets from a cough or sneeze. An infection can cause the lungs to fill with pus and fluid, making breathing and oxygen intake difficult.
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Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital:- Possible link between baby formula, deaths in Joburg hospital
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Two types of bacteria were found in baby formula tested at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, but toxicology tests haven’t been done.
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Malaria is still a major problem in Africa, now there are a novel approach that brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine
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Originally published by Faith Osier on The Conversation. There are over 200 million clinical cases each year and approximately half a million deaths.
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The ageing health infrastructure to receive urgent attention
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The South African government has committed to upgrading and maintaining the ageing and dilapidated infrastructure at public healthcare facilities.
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