New Soweto clinic fails to treat TB patient
A TB patient was pushed from one clinic to another because his closest clinic, Zola Gateway Clinic next to Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto, could not offer TB services.
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Hospitals hold babies ransom, say mothers
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from foreign mums until bills for delivering at public hospitals are paid.
Khayelitsha man makes menstruation his business
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