Fear and worry about treatment interruption
Sandile Mkhabela (66) '€“ Westonaria Pensioner
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‘Is my cancer worsening while machine is broken?’
Corrie Koekemoer (68) Kempton Park pensioner '€“ three children and three grandchildren
‘Go home, machine isn’t working’
Boston Phiri (37) '€“ immigrant worker from Zimbabwe living in the Johannesburg city centre.
‘Hospital saves money while patients are dying’
Gert Fourie (63) '€“ Boksburg Pensioner '€“ Former mill turner in the engineering industry.
Hospitals fingered over cancer deaths
Two of Gauteng'€™s largest state hospitals stand accused of delaying the treatment and diagnosis of hundreds of desperately ill cancer patients because of broken machinery '€“ often out of order due to poor maintenance and non-payment of suppliers. Story by WILMA STASSEN and SHAUN SMILLIE.
‘Treatment interruptions may kill me’
Johannes Kgang (63) '€“ Retired transport supervisor at Impala Mines in Rustenburg
Bara serves patients rotten food
Food services staff at Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) Hospital have claimed that patients are often served rotten and contaminated food and food preparation guidelines and menus designed by dieticians are ignored.
Boy may lose leg due to treatment delays
A Limpopo teenager was sent from pillar to post for three months while a cancerous tumour in his leg continued to grow. He now faces the very real possibility of amputation.
Counting progress on AIDS response
Taking stock of the country'€™s performance in addressing AIDS, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, noted that over about 20 million South Africans have tested for HIV in the last two years and that HIV transmission from mother to child has dropped to below 3%. But Motsoaledi cautioned that much still needs to be done.
Mentor mothers show moms how to do it
A non-governmental organisation, which focuses on the well-being of pregnant women and their children is showing the way on how to re-engineer South Africa'€™s primary healthcare system in both urban and rural settings.
Bara serves patients rotten food
Food services staff at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital claim that food preparation guidelines and menus designed by the hospital'€™s dieticians are not followed. Sometimes, patients are served rotten food.
Fewer teens buy cigarettes when displays are hidden
Teenagers are less likely to buy cigarettes if they are not displayed in plain sight behind shop counters, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
US judge orders cigarette companies to correct lies about smoking
A US judge has ordered tobacco companies to run advertising campaigns admitting that they lied to the public about the dangers of smoking, and acknowledge that cigarettes kill about 1 200 American smokers a day.
Smoking may worsen hangover
People who smoke while drinking alcohol may be at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning, according to a study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
From zero to hero
The country has made substantial progress in the fight against HIV, but there are still many holes in the system - particularly around TB treatment.