Health officials are warning unsuspecting residents of criminals posing as health workers conducting Co-Vid 19 tests. It comes after several Cape Town residents took to social media, to describe how they were duped into opening the doors to their homes and robbed of their valuables. Panic has set in the[…]
The Department of Health will investigate allegations that women living with HIV were coerced to undergo involuntary sterilisation. Last month, the Commission for Gender Equality released a report on the practice after an investigation that was prompted by a complaint it received in 2015. The commission had sampled 15 hospitals[…]
Health Minister Zweli Mhize has announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in South Africa. The patient is said to be a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy with his wife. They were part of a group of 10 people and who arrived back in South Africa on 1st March.[…]
By Tauhierah Salie With a recent international survey labeling Cape Town as one of ‘the most dangerous Cities in the world’, an unexpected death of someone we know could happen at any moment. As we know, one of the most important aspects that need to be properly conducted is a[…]
More than 30 people have died following an outbreak of Listeriosis. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Tuesday morning that while Listeriosis is a serious disease, it is a disease which can be treated with antibiotics. The virus is found in soil, water and vegetation. Motsoaledi said people who[…]
By Wardāh Wilkinson Hospitals in the Western Cape will rely heavily on water from boreholes if ‘Day Zero’ arrives. With Cape Town’s drought now at crisis point, the essential services sector has no alternative but to continue functioning, even if water dries up. While the City of Cape Town is[…]
The Gauteng health department is holding talks with the families of the 94 Life Esidimeni patients who died after they were moved to unlicensed NGOs. “The department has begun consultations with the families to arrive at whatever form of closure they will agree on,” national health department spokesperson Joe Maila[…]
The Office of Health Standards Compliance has launched a national complaints management call centre in Pretoria aimed at resolving health related complaints. Chairperson of the OHSC Lizo Mazwai and Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba officiated at the launch. Makgoba says the call centre aims to bring about accountability and restore the[…]
The Western Cape department of health has warned the public against any illicit job advertisements purporting to be from the department, or asking potential job seekers to pay for a job. The department’s spokesperson Sithembiso Magubane said that a few hospitals have been targeted in this scam namely Helderberg, Valkenberg,[…]
There are no Ebola cases reported or confirmed in South Africa, the health department said on Friday. This was while the total number of cases in the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone had risen to 3069 probable and confirmed cases, spokesman Popo Maja said[…]
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