Seven babies died in the neonatal unit of Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein within eight days. Mondli Mvambi, the spokesperson for the Free State Department of Health, confirmed the death of these newborn babies between December 2 and 10. Mvambi says the sudden rise in mortality in the neonatal unit is been investigated. “We found the..
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Pelonomi Hospital – 7 newborn babies die in 8 days in neonatal unit
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2,600 graduated young doctors not yet placed out for their one-year mandatory service
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The ANC government is again, as it was last year, extremely negligent in dealing with graduated young doctors who have to be posted for their one year community service. About 2,600 young doctors who have graduated within a month have not yet been notified where to go for their one-year mandatory service to the community…
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Employees of Rob Ferreira workers down tools, demands that MEC step in to resolve the impasse between management in order to create a safer work environment
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Rob Ferreira Hospital auxillary workers staged a sit-in in the hospital’s boardroom this morning. According to Sidwell Mavuso, who represents the striking workers, hospital management and the CEO refused to meet with the workers to discuss their demands. The striking NEHAWU-aligned workers have vowed to bar anyone from entering or leaving the hospital on Monday..
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FF Plus pays a visit to Sebokeng Hospital after parents’ plea to investigate adverse conditions and incompetent actions of medical professionals
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The FF Plus paid an urgent visit to the Sebokeng Hospital in Emfuleni last Friday after the parents of a young man approached the party to investigate the circumstances at the hospital. The 21-year-old man, who has been in the hospital for 35 days, was admitted on the 10th of June for a simple procedure…
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NASPERS Steek Volksmoord Agter Betaalmuur Weg – Doodsvonisse word opgelê by Staatshospitale vir diegene wat nie mediese fondse kan bekostig nie! Bejaarde vrou dood ná sy geen sorg vir gebreekte been ontvang by provinsiale hospitaal
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NASPERS (Netwerk24) het ons gevra om dié berig hieronder te verwyder. Wat is dit wat Netwerk24 wil wegsteek van arm mense van SA, wat nie subskripsies tot NASPERS, of Mediese Fondse kan bekostig nie? Wil hulle hê arm mense moet onder die verkeerde indruk wees dat Staatshospitale absoluut goed is, en dan as hulle daar opdaag in ‘n noodgeval, word hulle vir die dood gelaat deur nalatigheid wat nie net doelbewus is nie maar ook dalk rassisties is?
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Family left fuming as maggots found in mouth of Durban hospital patient
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A Durban man whose father’s mouth was infested with maggots after he was admitted to RK Khan Hospital says he will not rest until the staff at the facility pay for neglecting him. Azaad Ebrahim said he was livid with the hospital after his 52-year-old father Abdul, who suffered a stroke and had mobility issues,..
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David Makhura won’t list Gauteng’s worst hospitals – province’s public hospitals are in trouble, but some of them are basically ‘crime scenes’
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In a statement on Sunday, DA shadow health MEC Jack Bloom complained that Premier David Makhura had failed to clarify which were the five worst hospitals in Gauteng that would receive special intervention over the next 12 months, according to the premier. “In the printed version of his state of the province speech (Sopa) there..
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THE HORRIFIC AND BARBARIC STATE OF HOSPITALS IN GAUTENG UNDER THE ANC REGIME
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Under this mortifying and morbid circumstances that characterise the department of Health in Gauteng why has Section 100(b) not been applied to this department since the Provincial government has failed to address issues of Social Justice in Health care. One should also indicate that the negligence of the sickly and abuse of public resources is..
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State hospitals in distress! Addington Hospital patients go without food after lifts stop working
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Durban – Patients at Durban’s Addington Hospital had to go without breakfast on Wednesday as lifts in the 16-storey building had stopped working. Wayne Twynham said he has to regularly carry his 72-year-old uncle, who has had one leg amputated, upstairs because the lifts are often not in working order. “He lost his foot during..
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What does your doctor think when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’
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Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing. I’m afraid I have some bad news. The above sentence probably wasn’t pleasant to read. Maybe it gave you a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach or made your blood pressure spike. But..
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