In the midst of rolling blackouts throughout South Africa Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg, says it is in talks with City Power and power utility Eskom to have its own load shedding schedule and be exempted from that of its surrounding area. This was told to DA leader Mmusi Maimane by..
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The Rahima Moosa hospital in talks with Eskom about possible exemption from load shedding
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BREAKING NEWS:- Tramadol: The Drug Claiming More Lives Than Any Painkiller
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Painkiller Tramadol has killed more people than heroin and cocaine. Imagine a prescription medication that relieves pain just as well as narcotics like Oxycontin, but isn’t addictive. Too good to be true? Turns out, yes. For years, that was the case with Tramadol, a synthetic opioid drug that was released in 1995 under the brand..
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Cannabis Cultivation: South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) awards first South African license
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Afriplex and House of Hemp have been granted the first medical cannabis cultivation license in South Africa. The compahasouse of Hemp have become the first to receive a Cannabis Cultivation License from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). This represents a milestone in what is hoped will be a lucrative and innovative field,..
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How can this be possible:- Baby dies after doctor allegedly administers wrong blood on her
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A certain doctor at a state hospital has been called out by a woman who alleged he administered the wrong blood on her cousin’s twin baby, who reacted and died moments later. The doctor identified as Dr. Joy allegedly refused to attend to the baby at the government-owned hospital. He was reported to have referred..
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New Research/Studies Confirms Cannabis Kills Brain Cancer, NOT Your Brain
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Some might say it’s too good to be true. Does cannabis really fight brain cancer? Research of the past two decades suggests that it does. Some might think that it’s too good to be true. Does cannabis really kill brain cancer cells? Clinical trials on humans are awaiting results, but recent research gives hope. Scientists..
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Gauteng Health signs Memorandum of Understanding with medical aid schemes
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The Gauteng Department of Health (GDOH), in partnership with medical aid schemes and their administrators, has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a public-private partnership. Through the MoU, medical aid schemes will support the GDOH in various activities associated with the provincial Health, Wellness and Happiness (HWH) campaign. This initiative is aimed at..
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‘Load shedding on water’:- Bertha Gxowa Hospital affected by water shortage
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The hospital has been without water for a number of days. The Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, has reportedly had to cancel major operations and divert patients to other hospitals due to a lack of water supply. The hospital has been without water for a number of days now. It’s alleged that..
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Another Hospital without water, more ‘Load shedding on water’
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THE WARRENTON Hospital has had no water for the past two weeks, where the toilets cannot be flushed and patients have been unable to clean themselves properly. Patients who were admitted over the weekend indicated that when it was “absolutely necessary” to flush the toilet, a wheelbarrow was used to wheel in a refuse bin..
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BREAKING NEWS:- Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need
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I had a patient last year, a four-year-old boy, with a type of cancer, called neuroblastoma. After initial treatment, cancer came back, growing in the confined space between his spine and stomach, causing unbearable pain. His mother was a police officer; a strong, stoical woman who had seen a lot, but she was struggling. After..
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Shocking News:- New Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemotherapy, Not Cancer
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No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself. Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research UK performed a groundbreaking study examining..
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