A 52-year-old Kimberley man died while waiting over four hours for an ambulance to transport him for medical attention on Monday morning.
The man’s niece, Elizabeth Manogwe, believes that her uncle would still be alive had the ambulance arrived sooner.
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Having learnt lessons from the Life Esidimeni tragedy, the Gauteng Department has taken extraordinary measures to increase the number of audits at mental health non-governmental organisations (NGOs), it said, after issuing 133 licences of compliance for the 2018/19 financial year.
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“The nurse said if I want to deliver my baby I must just do it myself otherwise I must keep it in – they are busy with other patients.”
A broken mother cried with unbearable sadness as she told the News how she gave birth to a baby in a state hospital, claiming that she had no assistance from nurses or doctors whatsoever.
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Dit is toe so dat die regte van psigiatriese pasiënte by die Tower-hospitaal in Fort Beaufort in die Oos-Kaap daagliks geskend word, het die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Psigiaters (Sasop) ná ’n ondersoek gesê.
Dit kom nadat Rapport drie weke gelede oor die skokkende toestande berig het waaronder 323 pasiënte daar aangehou word.
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The arbitration ruling specifies that both Constitutional and general damages have to be paid.
The Gauteng government has been ordered to pay each of the 135 Life Esidimeni claimants R1-million in Constitutional damages……….
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Catch every moment as Life Esidimeni families are told how much money they will get for the loss of their loved ones. Looking for a affordable Medical Aid or Hospital Plan, just click here Medical Aid or just send your Name, surname, email address to 082 738 5586
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A pregnant mother, who lost her baby, has described to Eyewitness News her traumatic experience of waiting three days before the fetus could be removed, apparently because of a high demand for cesarean operations at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg. Regina Ndahamana arrived with a referral letter at the hospital last Wednesday..
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Joan van Dyk tells you what to bin and how in under two minutes.
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The head of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ listeria investigation, Juno Thomas, tells us which foods to bin and how.
At midnight on 4 March, scientists at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) finally found the source of South Africa’s listeria outbreak: polony from Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane factory.
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Psigiatriese pasiënte is weer op skokkende wyse deur die regering versaak skaars 18 maande nadat Rapport die volle omvang van die Life Esidimeni-ramp geopenbaar het waarin 144 pasiënte dood is. Die ingang na die Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal word streng bewaak en Rapport is toegang geweier. Die “haglike en onmenslike” manier waarop pasiënte in ’n..
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