Health

Charlotte Maxeke partly reopened but only for cancer outpatients

Oncology unit is the first department to open since the hospital closed down after a fire in April.

Anger over exclusion of ECD centres from teacher vaccinations

Early childhood development centre owners say they are “the forgotten sector”

Gauteng sewage has shown high rates of Covid-19 for three weeks

Other hotspots are Gqeberha and Cape Town

Why Covid-19 vaccines should be compulsory

Cancer patients say they are struggling to access treatment since Charlotte Maxeke fire

Oncology outpatients try their luck at Chris Hani Baragwanath

Patients at a Knysna clinic wait outside for hours to get medication

Health department says it could soon be using a nearby church hall to dispense medication to prevent patients crowding at the clinic’s gates

Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

What is the state of South Africa’s health system? Four easy pieces

Our health in brief - part one: Workers’ compensation and the Road Accident Fund

Our health in brief - part two: What are municipalities doing?

Our health in brief - part three: What we spend on health

Elderly people wait and wait for vaccines in long queue in Gqeberha

Although people arrived from as early as 4:30am, vaccinations only started at about noon

Limpopo community health workers demand permanent jobs

They also say they lack protective gear for Covid-19

Toy Story: How orgasms helped me heal

In this video Makgosi Letimile explains how she used sex toys to help relieve incontinence

Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed