Health
Clinic reopens after agreement between workers and health department
Facility closed on Friday because of lack of PPE
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
News | 17 July 2020
KZN hospital shut down, patients evacuated
“Thanks for the opportunity but we will not be commenting” says provincial health department
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”
By Elna Schütz
News | 15 July 2020
How to access public mental health services
If you feel that you need help, reach out
By Enzo Sinisi
Explainer | 14 July 2020
Community health care workers protest in Khayelitsha
They are demanding to be integrated into the health department
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
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
By James Stent
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
News | 22 June 2020