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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Nearly seven hours: that’s how long it takes to get treated at Pretoria hospital
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FF Plus pays a visit to Sebokeng Hospital after parents’ plea to investigate adverse conditions and incompetent actions of medical professionals
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The FF Plus paid an urgent visit to the Sebokeng Hospital in Emfuleni last Friday after the parents of a young man approached the party to investigate the circumstances at the hospital. The 21-year-old man, who has been in the hospital for 35 days, was admitted on the 10th of June for a simple procedure…
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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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Overcrowding at Tembisa Hospital’s maternity ward sparks outcry – 192 souls in a ward that was supposed to occupy 51 patients – patients sleeping on floor and chairs
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A social media post showing an overcrowded maternity ward at Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni sparked outcry over the underresourced care that pregnant women receive and the overwhelming working conditions that midwives and nurses at Gauteng hospitals find themselves in. The hospital has conceded to being faced with overcrowding, saying it had raised the issue with..
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Gauteng Health MEC Dismisses Claims Of Essential Medicine Shortages At Hospitals after patients reported a lack of essential drugs at government institutions
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Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa on Friday dismissed claims that all hospitals in the province didn’t have diabetes and cancer treatment available. This after the Democratic Alliance (DA) said it had noted with concern the shortage of essential drugs at government hospitals in the province. The party made claims that medication for cancer patients had..
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‘Here is our tax money’: Video shows ‘new’ hospital beds in disuse at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Johannesburg
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A video going around on social media shows allegedly brand new hospital beds lying in the sun, exposed to the elements outside the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Johannesburg. The man filming the video narrates in Afrikaans and asks: “If you have ever wondered where our taxes go? Here is our tax money. [Hospital] beds..
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Woman to sue Gauteng health department after giving birth to ‘decapitated’ baby in state hospital
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A 19-year-old woman who delivered a “decapitated” baby is planning to sue the Gauteng health department. According to eNCA, the woman had suffered with abdominal pain for a few weeks before she went into labour. The woman, who has not been named, spoke to eNCA. She then went to a general practitioner, who found that..
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Billions are lost due to Doctors, hospitals and medical aid members collude to commit fraud
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The Special Investigating Unit says it is actively targeting fraudsters in the private healthcare sector. Fraud, waste and abuse is costing the private healthcare system more than R22-billion, and if you submit false claims, you could face more than just being terminated from your scheme, the Council for Medical Schemes warned at its summit on..
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Gauteng-gesondheid R5 mjd. in die rooi en sal waarskynlik ’n reddingsboei moet kry, nogtans ploeg ANC regering voort met nuwe gesondheidsplan alhoewel hy nou alreeds nie die mas kan opkom nie
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Die Gautengse departement van gesondheid sal waarskynlik ’n reddingsboei moet kry, waarsku die DA. Jack Bloom, DA-woordvoerder oor gesondheid in Gauteng, sê dr. Gwen Ramokgopa, Gautengse LUR vir gesondheid, het verlede week bevestig die departement is sowat R5 miljard in die rooi. Bloom het haar op ’n vergadering van die Gautengse wetgewer se gesondheidskomitee oor..
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The National Health Insurance (NHI): Who’s in, who’s out and how much will it cost
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The NHI was the centre of this weekend’s presidential health summit. Now the pressure is mounting for Treasury to figure out how to fund it.
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