A group of residents in Helenvale, Port Elizabeth, shut down their local clinic on Wednesday fearing for the safety of staff and patients after ongoing gang activity in the area. Community members say Helenvale Clinic has been repeatedly targeted by criminals, who recently stole the air-conditioner. As a result, the Helenvale Clinic committee decided to..
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Clinic in Port Elizabeth temporary shutdown due to gang violence
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4 000 tuberkulose-pasiënte landwyd is verlore in die Noord-Kaapse departement van gesondheid se inligtingstelsel
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Die inligting van meer as 4 000 tuberkulose-pasiënte uit 80 000 gevalle landwyd het in die Noord-Kaapse departement van gesondheid se inligtingstelsel “verlore” gegaan. Andrew Louw, Noord-Kaapse DA-leier, sê Fufe Makatong, LUR vir gesondheid, moet dringend ’n aksieplan opstel om dié pasiënte op te spoor. Die DA sê sy inligting kom uit die departement se..
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MEDICAL RESEARCH:- Are probiotics boosting SA’s digestive health industry growth?
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Increasingly, health-conscious consumers are starting to follow their gut when looking for ways of mitigating the negative health effects of increasingly stressful lifestyles and unhealthy eating habits. A growing number of consumers are using probiotics to prevent and manage their digestive, as well as general, health issues.
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University of the Western Cape research identifies 130 new skin viruses
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A recent study, which set out to understand the genetic makeup of the many different phages that live on the bacteria living on the cells of our skins, found that no fewer than 130 entirely new species.
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National Health Insurance will cost more than R350 billion:- Solidarity
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“VAT will effectively have to be doubled,” says Solidarity. The Solidarity Research Institute has released a report detailing the enormous amount of funding necessary to effectively implement the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.
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South Africa does little to address depression and other mental illnesses:- World Mental Health Day
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As a country, not much has been achieved in building a society that embraces mental illness. For those who are distressed, help is available. Contact SADAG on: 011 234 4837.
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Staatshospitaal in Koster, Noordwes in wanorde; skoonmaker voer pasiënte
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Die staatshospitaal in Koster, Noordwes, is vervalle, onhigiënies en net ses lyke kan in die lykshuis geberg word. Dit is volgens Cobus Snyman, DA-raadslid in die Kgetlengrivier-munisipaliteit wat die gebied bedien, die toestande wat die party op ’n onlangse besoek aan die hospitaal aangetref het. Tebogo Lekgethwane, woordvoerder van Noordwes se gesondheidsdepartement, erken die lykshuis..
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Staatsklinieke op Upington se krag in snikhete afgesny weens wanbetaling, medisyne moet dringend verskuif word
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Medisyne in staatsklinieke op Upington wat glo na koeler bergplekke verskuif moes word omdat hul krag in die snikhete afgesny is, mors geld en lei tot swak dienslewering. Só sê Andrew Louw, Noord-Kaapse DA-leier, wat aan Fufe Makatong, die LUR vir gesondheid, geskryf het om te versoek dat die departement sy elektrisiteitsrekeninge betyds betaal. “Die..
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The NHI debate is stuck in the weeds
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The National Health Insurance (NHI) is not a radical shift to dismantle a functioning system, but an opportunity to review two poorly functioning ones.
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The National Health Insurance: Running Before Crawling – The need for objective reassessment of the pilot phase
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In Part I of the series on health reform and the draft National Health Insurance Bill (NHI Bill), the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) argued that considering the anticipated costs of the NHI and lack of crucial detail, South Africa needs to urgently assess alternative models to address the healthcare crisis. In Part II, the CFCR assesses the lack of information on the results of the NHI pilot phase, which is supposed to inform the further roll-out of the NHI.
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