Stroke survivor needs care
Sina Bostander, a 44-year old stroke survivor from Victoria West, is very disappointed with the lack of care that was shown after her release from hospital.
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Hospital gets water due to councillor’s quick action
Hardly twenty days after he promised to deliver water to Donald Frazer Hospital, Vhembe Executive Mayor Tshitereke Matibe has lived up to his promise by having a borehole drilled at the hospital.
Use of kgaba to induce labour could be dangerous
The use of the herb Kgaba among rural women to induce labour is cause for concern as it is thought that the severe labour pains it brings on can cause foetal distress, harm the uterus and increase the likelikhood of Caesarean section.
Patients worried as medicine stock-outs continue
Patients who are not receiving chronic anti-retroviral and tuberculosis medications due to stock-outs at clinics are worried that they will develop resistance to their treatment.
‘Shame’ of homosexuality prevents men from getting health care
There is a high burden of HIV in Mpumalanga amongst men over the age of 25 who have sex with men, a study conducted by Anova Health Institute and the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) in Gert Sibande and Ehlanzeni district municipalities has revealed.
Illegal dumping crisis in Jouberton
Residents of Jouberton have resorted to dumping rubbish illegally because there are not enough municipal trucks to take rubbish away. The unhealthy living conditions in this, the largest township in the City of Maslosana are cause for concern.
Tackling teenage pregnancy
John Taolo Gaetsewe district has the highest teenage pregnancy in the Northern Cape. This is according to HIV and AIDS district coordinator Sonia Makoko during a teenage pregnancy dialouge in Maruping community Hall in Kuruman.
Tigane residents want services
Hartebeesfontein - Informal settlement residents – many of whom come from nearby farms - in Tigane township, about 20km from Klerksdorp, are facing serious health risks.
Protesting villagers get their medicine
More than fifty regular patients at the Village Clinic in the OR Tambo District had a sit-in at the clinic when they were told that their Efavirenz tablets – an anti-retroviral drug for HIV-positive patients – was not available.
Stockouts continue
Patients and nurses particularly in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga continue to report medicine stock-outs at local clinics, including shortages of antiretroviral medicine.
Village Clinic: TAC pressure sees minister step in
Ongoing pressure and threatened litigation from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has led to the construction of a temporary clinic in Lusikisiki and confirmed plans to build a permanent state-of-the-art day hospital.
No home after floods
Vhembe – OurHealth recently spent time with a woman in Mfulwi Village, who has no proper housing after it was destroyed by the floods, but has six children to care for.
Botched abortion sees girl die
Vhembe – The Mukwevho family of Mulodi Village are mourning the death of their daughter Betty following a botched illegal abortion last week.
Long road to health
Vhembe – Villagers in Gumela, Musunda, Tshitanzhe and Tshikotoni have to literally travel or walk for hours to Matavhela clinic, their closest healthcare facilities.
Mothers struggle as ECD centre closed
Kestell – The Geduld community, home to 18 impoverished families, recently saw a much needed early childhood development centre closed down.