Health

Unemployed nurses demand vacant hospital posts be filled

Over 200 nurses marched to the KZN Department of Health in Pietermaritzburg

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Brief | 12 November 2019

75-year-old SHAWCO to cut back activity after funding cuts

But medical projects will continue

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Brief | 11 November 2019

Ethiopian woman fights for dialysis

Fundraising campaign started to help her get treatment in the private sector

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Law | 5 November 2019

People with albinism march for skin cancer awareness

Sunscreens are available at state hospitals for people with albinism

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Brief | 4 November 2019

Study shows targeted interventions can reduce gender violence

Results from a programme run in urban informal settlements in eThekwini look promising

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News | 30 October 2019

Pharmacists asked to pledge support for NHI

South African Pharmacy Council sent unorthodox message

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Brief | 16 October 2019

MEC promises better security for ambulance drivers

Emergency workers return to PE townships

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Brief | 10 October 2019

PE nurses strike escalates

Health workers are worried about their safety after a spate of assaults

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News | 8 October 2019

Don’t rob us, plead ambulance drivers

Emergency services workers protest in PE townships

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Brief | 7 October 2019

Medical staff demand better security at Motherwell clinic

Strike enters second day

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Brief | 3 October 2019

Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day

The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year

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News | 3 October 2019

Nightmare labour for mother in Limpopo hospital

Health department says incident was “truly unacceptable”

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News | 26 September 2019

Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

While it’s too soon to be confident, a vaccine originally tested in Thailand has shown promising early results

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Science | 20 September 2019

Fire closes Mitchells Plain hospital

“The quick reaction time of the fire crews resulted in the fire being contained to the theater section of the hospital”

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Brief | 13 September 2019

“Too poor to be treated”: Gugulethu residents demand better healthcare

Residents march to clinics and police station

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News | 5 September 2019

Farmworkers want 67 pesticides banned

NGO says the pesticides are already banned in the European Union

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News | 29 August 2019