There is plenty of competition, with many government hospitals in the province described as deadly. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has released the results of a social media campaign attempting to expose the worst hospital in Gauteng. According to a statement, the Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal has earned this honour. “Other hospitals mentioned frequently include the..
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Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal – ‘Go in alive, come out a corpse.’ DA crowns ‘worst hospital in Gauteng’
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Mediese fonds lede kan hul staal vir verhogings van gemiddeld 8,8% in hul premies in 2020
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Die adviesfirma GTC waarsku dat lede van mediese fondse moet hulle staal vir verhogings van gemiddeld 8,8% in hul premies in 2020. GTC se hoof van konsultasiedienste oor gesondheidsorg, Jill Larkan, sê volgens Netwerk24 dat die Raad op Mediese Skemas (RMS) in sy 9 Julie omsendbrief aan mediese fondse verhogings van gemiddeld 5,4% voorgestel het…
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Nearly seven hours: that’s how long it takes to get treated at Pretoria hospital
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It takes an average of nearly seven hours to register, see a doctor and collect medicine at Steve Biko Academic hospital in Pretoria. That’s according to Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku, who revealed recorded average waiting times at the facility while replying to questions in the Gauteng legislature on Tuesday. Masuku was answering a query..
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Staatshospitale val uitmekaar weens verouderde infrastruktuur en verkeer in haglike toestande maar ANC-regime gaan eerder R30 miljard gee vir nuttelose NGV
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Die bedrag van R30 miljard wat geoormerk is om die nuttelose Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering (NGV) te loods, moet eerder meer effektief gebruik word. Die VF Plus is van mening dat hierdie geld eerder gebruik kan word om sekuriteit te verbeter, aandag te gee aan die herstel en aankoop van toerusting by hospitale en klinieke by die..
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NHI dream is actually a sick and an unaffordable nightmare and built on a foundation of failure and ignorance
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The National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) is built on a foundation of failure and ignorance, the DA health spokesperson told parliament on Friday. Siviwe Gwarube argued that the costs of proposals in the bill, which was approved by the cabinet this week, were nothing more than a thumb-suck. “And the NHI pilot projects across the..
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Family left fuming as maggots found in mouth of Durban hospital patient
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A Durban man whose father’s mouth was infested with maggots after he was admitted to RK Khan Hospital says he will not rest until the staff at the facility pay for neglecting him. Azaad Ebrahim said he was livid with the hospital after his 52-year-old father Abdul, who suffered a stroke and had mobility issues,..
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David Makhura won’t list Gauteng’s worst hospitals – province’s public hospitals are in trouble, but some of them are basically ‘crime scenes’
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In a statement on Sunday, DA shadow health MEC Jack Bloom complained that Premier David Makhura had failed to clarify which were the five worst hospitals in Gauteng that would receive special intervention over the next 12 months, according to the premier. “In the printed version of his state of the province speech (Sopa) there..
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SA hospitale word as “dood inrigtings” beskryf en beoogde Nasionale Gesondheidsprogram sal op ’n totale ramp afstuur – gratis mediese sorg vir hele bevolking nie haalbaar
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Die regering wil graag ʼn Nasionale Gesondheid-program daar stel sodat die hele bevolking van Suid Afrika, toegang tot gratis mediese sorg kan kry. Die realiteit spreek egter boekdele. Na ‘n onsuksesvolle termyn as Minister van Gesondheid is Aaron Motsoaledi “herontplooi” na ʼn ander sektor van die kabinet. Onder sy heerskappy het 143 pasiënte gesterf in..
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A Doctor was robbed on hospital premises just days after colleague was nearly raped
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The Free State health department is considering deploying armed security guards at its hospitals after a female doctor was robbed at gunpoint at a Bloemfontein hospital this morning (2019-06-08), just days after another doctor was nearly raped on the premises. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old doctor bit off the tongue of her assailant in self-defense after..
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Ontstellende agteruitgang van staatshospitale en mediese sorg fasiliteit tydens ANC bewind
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Sedert 1994 het die mediese sorg fasiliteite en veral staatshospitale met rasse skrede agteruitgegaan. Die eens hoogs aangeskrewe opleidings hospitale soos HF Verwoerd Hospitaal, Johannesburg Algemene Hospitaal, Tygerberg Hospitaal en Universitas Hospitaal in Bloemfontein het van die beste dokters opgelewer in die kontinent. Tans sukkel Universitas Hospitaal met ‘n uittog van spesialiste wat nie meer..
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