Activists demand better service
A group of about 200 activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) recently picketed at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to demand better service.
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Patients and health workers excited about new HIV treatment
TSHWANE. - Phedisong 4 Clinic in Ga-rankuwa was abuzz with when the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently introduce the roll-out of the new one-a-day antiretroviral treatment for HIV patients.
Dept of Health withholding National AIDS Vaccine Plan
Civil rights groups and communities have expressed their concerned about the failure of the Department of Health to release the National Aids Vaccine Strategic Plan (NAVSP) for 2013-2017.
Health services don’t increase along with population
GERT SIBANDE. ' The population of the small Mpumalanga town of Ermelo has grown rapidly over the last few years due to booming industries in the region.
‘Patients default because of nurses’
LUSIKISIKI. - Makazi Damane is a 42-year-old Lusikisiki man living at the low-income housing scheme in at Joe Slovo. He was diagnosed with HIV and started antiretroviral treatment in 2006, but from 2010 have been going on and off of treatment.
Villagers taught the importance of treatment adherence
LUSIKISIKI – Communities living in the Dubana and Mevana villages here were recently educated on the importance of adhering to treatment regimens.
Limpopo children get safe new pre-school
VHEMBE. ' Matavhela pre-school made the news last year due to the poor, unsafe conditions at the facility, despite the principal's request to the Department of Education's to upgrade it.
Misery of a young HIV-positive mother
SOSHANGUVE. ' A young mother here is enduring a lot of hardship while waiting for the Human Settlement Department to construct housing as part of the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP).
Girl’s rape video on social media
LUSIKISIKI. ' Ayanda*, a 19-year-old girl from Joe Slovo Park, was drugged and then filmed while three men raped her. One of the men was her boyfriend, Siyanda*, who alledgedly said that by filming the act he wanted to make her famous.
Clinics run on skeleton staff before Easter
SOSHANGUVE ' In the run-up to the long weekends in March and April, Clinic 2 and Maria Rantho were running with skeleton staff because most staff had gone on holidays already.
Combating TB in Msukaligwa
Sesifuba TB hospital in the Msukaligwa Municipality is recording successes in the fight against tuberculosis despite some challenges.
Clinic opens to assist busy casualty ward at Phekolong
BETHLEHEM. ' In November last year OurHealth reported on the tragic death of Boitumelo Mokoena (5) who died in the casualty ward at Phekolong District Hospital in Bethlehem after she was knocked down by a car. On that specific day only two nurses were on duty in the ward which led to slow service delivery and resulted in Boitumelo not being treated in time.
Youth worried about closure of Love Life site
VHEMBE. ' Young people in Matavhela village here have expressed their worry and disappointment about the closure of the Love Life site at their local clinic.
Poor service at ECape hospital
LUSIKISIKI. ' Tandeka Vinjwa-Hlongwane, one of OurHealth's citizen journaliasts who often reports on the poor health services in the Eastern Cape, recently had first-hand experience of the health systems there.
ECape clinic staff have ‘bad attitudes’
LUSIKISIKI. ' A 27-year-old woman was only treated for pain she has been experiencing in her feet after complaining for six months.