According to studies, one of the leading causes of death in Africa and many developing countries is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Resources in low-and-middle-income-countries are limited, therefore, it is imperative that interventions are guided by the cost-effectiveness of screening and early treatment opportunities.
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The University of Cape Town research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa
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Peperduur Albert Nzula-hospitaal in Trompsburg nou ‘net ’n kliniek’
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‘n Peperduur hospitaal in Trompsburg in die Vrystaat, wat vier jaar nadat dit voltooi is eers oopgemaak het, word steeds nie ten volle gebruik nie en nog ’n hospitaal in dieselfde provinsie word net as kliniek gebruik.
Die Albert Nzula-hospitaal langs die N1-snelweg is in 2014 teen amper R400 miljoen voltooi, maar het eers verlede jaar sy deure vir pasiënte oopgemaak. Nou blyk dit sleutelposte is steeds nie gevul nie en operasieteaters, wat ten duurste toegerus is, staan in onbruik.
Gautengse gesondheidsdepartement laat pasiënte weer honger ly
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Sowat 130 nieregeringsorganisasies (NRO’s) is Donderdag weer in die steek gelaat deur die Gautengse gesondheidsdepartement. Die NRO’s, wat almal omsien na verstandelik gestremde private pasiënte in Gauteng, is belowe dat hulle op 10 Mei hul subsidies vir April sal kry. Donderdag is hulle egter by ’n streeksvergadering ingelig dat hulle nie hul geld gaan kry nie.
“Ons het ook geen antwoorde gekry oor wanneer ons dit gaan kry nie. Dis nou middel Mei en ons sukkel,” sê Marius Bosman, bestuurder van die San Michele-tehuis in Brakpan.
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The Rands and sense of why the National Health Insurance may lead to better health budgets
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About 200m from where I work in Rosebank, Johannesburg, there is a private clinic housing a general practitioner, a team of specialised surgeons, a rehabilitation centre, and state-of-the-art imaging and radiology technology.
If I needed medical attention, I could seek it quickly — so long as I was able to pay upfront.
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The NICD confirms mango fly maggot infestation in North West province
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The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed an outbreak of maggot (tumbu fly) infestation in people in the North West province and increased sporadic cases in Gauteng.
“Our laboratory has confirmed that the maggots are those of the tumbu fly (also known as the mango’ or ‘putsi’ fly).
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Hospital of horrors – More than 150 feral cats creep into patients’ beds at Vryheid Hospital
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Patients say the feral cats have been sleeping in the general wards, sometimes climbing onto patients’ beds, and even stealing food out of patients’ plates.
MORE than 150 cats have made their home at the Vryheid Hospital.
Patients say the feral cats have been sleeping in the general wards, sometimes climbing onto patients’ beds, and even stealing food out of patients’ plates.
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From your toilet to your tap and back again:- The future of water
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Water bursts from a brass spout with violent urgency. It foams through the tap angrily and on to a sprawling field. The stream fans out, forming veins that meet swampy arteries carved by footpaths in the grass.
After some time, a mother bearing a baby on her back approaches, swinging a plastic bucket. A bit later, three children holding empty Coke bottles wobble towards the tap across a wooden plank placed over the constantly churned earth.
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Charlotte Maxeke Hospital faces a possible shut down
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Johannesburg – The National Health Education and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) Gauteng deputy secretary Gracia Rikhotso on Wednesday rejected as false reports that Charlotte Maxeke Hospital would shut down because its members were going to embark on a strike.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) this week warned that the hospital faced a possible shut down with staff downing tools over non-payment of overtime and performance bonuses. They were also concerns about unfilled vacancies.
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LUR geskok oor pasiënte op bankies en vloere slaap by Church of Scotland-hospitaal
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Sibongiseni Dhlomo, KwaZulu-Natalse LUR vir gesondheid, het die naweek tydens ʼn verrassingsbesoek aan die Church of Scotland-hospitaal pasiënte wat op bankies en die vloer slaap by die hospitaal aangetref.
Dhlomo het Sondag gevolglik vir die hospitaal se bestuur opdrag gee om ʼn gepaste plek te soek vir pasiënte om te slaap wanneer hulle oornag moet wag vir vervoer om hulle na ander hospitale in Pietermaritzburg te neem.
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The Khayelitsha hospital under the spotlight
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Poor service at the Khayelitsha District Hospital came under the spotlight at a meeting between hospital management and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
TAC members recounted complaints about staff shortages and bad treatment of patients, issues which had not been resolved in spite of several meetings with management.
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