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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“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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Die EFF in Tshwane het laas Donderdag ʼn mosie ter tafel gelê vir die stad se gesondheidsentrums om 24 uur per dag, sewe dae van die week, oop te wees.
Dít volg op die suksesvolle mosie in Johannesburg verlede jaar waartydens die raad ingestem het om heeltydse gesondheidsorg reg oor die stad te verskaf.
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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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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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Unemployed, a single mother of two small children, aged 6 and 10 years, and not feeling well – coughing for some time with chest pain – forced Ms P.M. to seek help at the nearest public clinic in Tshwane. Despite telling symptoms and another visit to the clinic with an additional tell-tale complaint – significant..
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Most of the nurses who appeared before the SA Nursing Council last year were disciplined for theft. The other cases were for fights‚ assaulting patients and a medication error. The council dealt with 25 cases between March and November last year and nine of those involved theft‚ according to a government notice issued in the..
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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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Die Valke in Noordwes ondersoek kontrakte wat die provinsiale gesondheidsdepartement met private ambulansdienste aangegaan het, terwyl sowat 60 van die departement se eie ambulanse nie gebruik word nie. Die 61 splinternuwe ambulanse wat Noordwes se gesondheidsdepartement in November en Desember sowat R20 miljoen uit die sak gejaag het, is ná byna drie maande steeds nie..
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Treasury has allocated an additional R4.2-billion to the National Health Insurance (NHI), sticking to its guns on funding it through cutting tax credits. In the budget tabled by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday, an additional R700-million was set aside for 2018/19, R1.4 billion for 2019/20 and R2.1 billion for 2020/21 – all to be..
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