Community health organisations and activists say female condoms are scarce,
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Pregnant women and infants at high risk of severe mpox disease
Yoliswa Sobuwa
High risk exposure to mpox includes intimate or close contact including direct skin-to-skin.
Fire extinguished at another Free State hospital
Molefi Sompane
The fire which broke out at Phuthuloha hospital is the second fire at a Free State hospital in two in weeks.
No water and power cuts at Manapo hospital in the Free State risks patients’ livesÂ
Molefi Sompane
Manapo hospital in the Free State is facing long-standing water shortages and frequent power cuts. Patients must bring their own water, and operations have been disrupted.
Videos show patients smoking inside ward at KZN hospitalÂ
Yoliswa Sobuwa
Three separate videos taken on different days show men smoking cigarettes in full view of other patients, their visitors as well as hospital staff.Â
Free State toddler dies during tooth extractionÂ
Molefi Sompane
This is the second patient death reported in the province in the last week.Â
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