Health

Marchers call for job security and a basic income grant

Picketers in PE mark 1 August as national day for working class action

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Brief | 3 August 2020

“Improve conditions at all health facilities” demands TAC

Protesters give Eastern Cape health department seven days to respond to demand to produce Covid-19 plan

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News | 30 July 2020

Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19

“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader

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News | 23 July 2020

Whistleblower report reveals widespread health care corruption

Elderly, women and children most affected, says Corruption Watch

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News | 22 July 2020

Covid-19: Eastern Cape doctor describes life-and-death decisions

“There’s no doubt that this is the biggest challenge we face in the living memory of being in practice for 20 years”

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Interview | 21 July 2020

Clinic reopens after agreement between workers and health department

Facility closed on Friday because of lack of PPE

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Clinic without proper electricity and running water for ten months

Staff say they make daily trips to collect water from the nearest facility about 10km away

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News | 17 July 2020

KZN hospital shut down, patients evacuated

“Thanks for the opportunity but we will not be commenting” says provincial health department

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News | 17 July 2020

Groote Schuur doctor describes her day in a Covid-19 ward

“The reality is the beds are full and people are dying”

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News | 15 July 2020

How to access public mental health services

If you feel that you need help, reach out

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Explainer | 14 July 2020

Community health care workers protest in Khayelitsha

They are demanding to be integrated into the health department

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Brief | 8 July 2020

Old age home staff protest after patient deaths

Staff refused to work after 11 of them tested positive for Covid-19 at a home in Uitenhage

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Brief | 7 July 2020

Covid-19 headache was worse than surgery or childbirth, says Cape Town woman

Woodstock family describes life under Covid-19 quarantine

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News | 25 June 2020

Nurses picket over staff shortages at False Bay Hospital

Hospital is “currently experiencing more than double the workload they have seen over the past five years” says health department

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News | 22 June 2020

Community healthcare workers down tools

Union wants outsourcing stopped and workers integrated with health department

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Brief | 19 June 2020

Life may be returning to post-lockdown normality but it’s far from normal in hospitals

Here are the latest numbers from Groote Schuur

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GroundView | 19 June 2020