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Pelonomi fire death sends shockwaves through FS
Molefi Sompane
The Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein has been rocked by yet another horror incident after a female patient’s bed caught fire and died. While authorities wait for investigations to begin, patients and staff members are struggling to come to terms with what happened. There are also plenty of theories swirling about
Vleifontein clinic fiasco: Health MEC on the warpath
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
The Limpopo Health MEC has called for action after a critically ill woman was denied entry to the Vleifontein clinic on Friday evening. Forty-year-old Norah Manthosi was rushed to the facility by her neighbours. To their dismay, when they arrived, security personnel told them they couldn’t enter despite the availability
Breastfeeding: Centre support on mums, not mechanics
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Breastfeeding is a relationship between two people in a thrilling new, highly vulnerable position: a mother and her newborn. It’s a bonding experience shaped by physiology, emotion and the good and bad realities of life. It is far more than the disembodied and mechanical way in which breastfeeding tends to
Food and drinks are getting sweeter. Even if it’s not all sugar, it’s bad for our health
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Sweet foods were an important energy source, but now we consume too much.(Photo Credit:Â Â Unsplash/Rod Long, CC BY) Cherie Russell, Deakin University; Carley Grimes, Deakin University; Mark Lawrence, Deakin University; Phillip Baker, Deakin University, and Rebecca Lindberg, Deakin University Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit
Medication balls-up leaves KZN patients high and dry
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Patients in KwaZulu-Natal who receive their chronic medication through a distribution system claim their pre-packed medicine is often incorrect and inadThe National Department of Health launched the Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) program of Health in 2014. It provides an alternative mechanism to facilitate access for those on
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