Health
Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day
The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year
By Elsabé Brits
News | 3 October 2019
Nightmare labour for mother in Limpopo hospital
Health department says incident was “truly unacceptable”
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
By Elsabé Brits
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”
Brief | 13 September 2019
“Too poor to be treated”: Gugulethu residents demand better healthcare
Residents march to clinics and police station
News | 5 September 2019
Farmworkers want 67 pesticides banned
NGO says the pesticides are already banned in the European Union
News | 29 August 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019
Mom loses court case but scores a bigger victory for Eastern Cape patients
Supreme Court of Appeal has called on health minister Zweli Mkhize to “urgently address” the dire situation at government hospitals in the Eastern Cape
Law | 16 August 2019
Western Cape health services paint bloody picture of gun violence
“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister
By Elsabé Brits
News | 8 August 2019