Emergency medical services leave patients stranded
Women in Mpumalanga are teaching themselves to deliver babies because there is such a dire shortage of ambulances, which take up to six hours to respond to calls.
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Thousands face disability as orthopaedic services collapse
Mpumalanga has the country’s highest rate of road accident deaths, but when survivors are pulled from the wreckage, there are just four doctors in the province who can mend their bones – and the wait to see them may kill and maim many.
Drug-resistant TB patients lost in the system
Mpumalanga patients with drug-resistant TB say health workers at specialist TB hospitals in Standerton and Barberton keep them in the dark about their diagnosis and treatment.
Love, suspicion & HIV discordancy
Sindi Letlala* and her 3-year-old son Thato are HIV positive. Sindi’s husband of 12 years and Thato’s father, Thabiso, is not. She talks to OurHealth about dealing with discordancy.
For aspiring nurse, health starts at home
Mothusi Thomo, 25, from Mabopane outside Pretoria is studying to be a nurse but is already active promoting health – and acceptance of different sexualities – in his own community.
Vhembe teen allegedly drugs gogo for drinking money
Munyadziwa Neluvhada of Gumela Village says her 19-year-old son drugged his grandmother in order to steal her pension in a move that landed the elderly lady in the local clinic.
Orlando West clinic without running water, working toilets
Orlando West’s Mandela Sisulu Clinic near the Phefeni Railway Station has no working taps or toilets. Patients say conditions in the clinic named after the struggle stalwarts are disgusting.
Family disowns teen mother
Ermelo family tells teen mother to take a hike after second baby, leaving a young couple to regret a lack of family planning.
As if it never happened
In this week’s Rural Reflections, our blogger-doctor may be face-to-face with a drug mule as she reflects how reality and relations can change in an instant.
Government to promote infant male circumcision
With government still far off its goal to medically circumcise 4.3 million by 2016, Department of Health officials say they plan to begin promoting medical male circumcision (MMC) among infants and young boys.
Young family looks to education for hope
When you head the house at 18 years old, things and dreams change as Thabang Malekutu is discovering months after became his siblings' sole caregiver.
Report: S. African National AIDS Council Annual Performance Plan 2014/15
The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) outlines its plan for the next three years in this 48-page performance plan.
Prof Tim Noakes’ shifting eating advice
Renowned sport scientist and co-author of The Real Meal Revolution book, Professor Tim Noakes has given nutritional advice for decades. Health-e News takes a look back at Noakes’s changing nutritional stance.
Noakes diet particularly dangerous for Afrikaans population
More medical experts are lining up to condemn Professor Tim Noakes’ controversial “low carbohydrates, high fat” (LCHF) diet, which they warn could have grave health consequences.
Fears drive traditional medicine use during pregnancy
Fears about prolonged labours and enlarged babies’ heads are driving some pregnant women to opt for traditional medicine instead of doctors’ prescriptions - but nurses say it may be a dangerous gamble.