Addicts target patients for their medication
Drug addicts who live near the Boiki Tlhapi Clinic in Ikageng, North West, are apparently robbing patients of their medication.
Graeme Makam
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Thousands of disabled youth not in school
There are more than 500 000 children with disabilities who are not attending school - this is according to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
Doctor accused of molesting patient in his surgery
NORTH-WEST – Sexual assault charges have been laid against a doctor from Ikageng after he allegedly fondled and penetrated a young woman at his practice when she went to him for treatment.
Potch township’s only 24-hour clinic left with one toilet
NORTH WEST - The only 24-hour clinic serving the township of Ikaneng – Boiki Tlhapi Clinic – currently has only one working toilet at the facility.
Charity aims to keep poor kids in school
More than 50% of South Africans live in poverty, according to Stats SA. That’s more than 30,4-million people - and Serame Mpato wants to do something about it.
Expert weighs in on ‘extremely unhealthy’ kota
A new fast food is on the rise in South Africa’s townships - spatlho, commonly known as bunny chow. You can find a spatlho outlet on almost every corner in Ikageng, a township in the North West province.
Nurse tackles gender gap in healthcare
Ikageng has seven general practitioners, all of whom are men, but Sister Vuiswa Leseka has opened a private clinic in the North West township and aims to challenge the gender gap in healthcare.
Expecting moms ignore alcohol dangers
NORTH WEST - Tshegofatso Makroti, a 30-year old mother from Ikageng township in Potchefstroom who drank alcohol regularly through five pregnancies, believes that although two of her babies were stillborn her drinking was not a problem.
Research warns of chiskop risk
Two recent studies conducted by the University of Cape Town and published in the latest SA Medical Journal have found significant contamination of hair clippers with blood and blood-borne viruses, especially Hepatitis B.
Medical cannabis confusion in South Africa
While the Western Cape High Court ruled on the use of medical cannabis last year, most South Africans remain confused on the issue, including some members of the South African Police Service.
Patients’ lives threatened in North West
Corruption, medicine shortages, healthworkers being barred from treating patients – the public healthcare sector in the North West province has been in crisis for weeks. Health-e News’s GRAEME MAKAM reports.
Salmonella a risk with backyard chickens
NORTH WEST - Breeding chickens at home, also known as backyard poultry farming, has come under the spotlight following this week’s recall of over 200-million eggs in the US.