Access delayed is access denied at Village Clinic
Health-e News broke the story of the Eastern Cape's Village Clinic in 2012. Ntsiki Mpulo re-visists the clinic for the NSP Review and finds upgrades to the clinic remain long overdue.
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Holy Cross patients ‘dying for no reason’ at beleaguered hospital
Medicine stock outs and staff shortages are just some of the reasons Holy Cross Hospital staff say patients may be dying unnecessarily at the beleaguered Eastern Cape hospital, writes Ntsiki Mpulo for the NSP Review.
KZN scholarships could be slashed due to high fee costs
For the first time in 14 years, KZN’s Umthombo Youth Development Foundation may not award scholarships to rural students hoping to study health sciences next year as fees increase by almost double the rate of inflation.
Tshwane hospital gives patients a lesson on how to complain
The Odi District Hospital outside Pretoria recently gave patients a lesson on how to complain at its annual Open Day.
After #FeesMustFall: Hundreds of scholarships cut due to costs, austerity measures
Last week’s student victory has frozen fees, but it cannot save the scholarship programmes aimed at fostering the next generation of rural South African doctors that have already been quietly cut this year.
HPCSA embarks on public road show
The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has embarked on a public road show to educate patients on their rights. The move comes amid recent stiff criticism of the body.
Report: A disposable workforce – Foreign health professionals in South Africa
This African Centre for Migration and Society report details challenges faced by South Africa in recruiting foreign health workers and alleges that the asylum system is being used as a ‘backdoor’ for recruiting professionals.
Exodus of Free State doctors
Newly released Free State health indicators show all is not well in the troubled province as the province loses a unprecedented 177 medical doctors in the last year.
The good, bad and ugly in district health
The SA Health Review and District Health Barometer, produced annually by Health Systems Trust, was launched by Health Director General Precious Matsoso last night. Important gains have been made, but huge challenges remain.
SA Health Review 2015: Nursing in crisis
Nursing is in crisis, with huge shortages, declining interest in the profession, lack of a caring ethos and an apparent disjuncture between nurses’ needs and those of the communities they serve.
Report: South African Health Review
The annual Health Systems Trust publication focuses heavily on changes in primary health care as part of the country's move towards National Health Insurance and the revitalisation of primary health care.
Report: District Health Barometer 2014/15
The annual publication by the Health Systems Trust charts the lowest mother-to-child HIV transmission rate yet as the percentage of babies born to women living with HIV who test positive for the virus at about six weeks falls to 1.5 percent.
Report: Department of Health Annual Report 2014/15
The 227-page report highlights a number of achievements for the department, including progress on the implementation of the National Health Insurance.
Council refuses to register plastic surgeon after 8 years of free service
For the past eight years, Kenyan Dr Michael Rebeiro has been treating South African patients for free while he specialised as a plastic surgeon at Wits University.
Edenvale Hospital patients sleep on floor
Fazila Smith said she recently spent four days sleeping on the floor of Edenvale Hospital after being admitted for blood clots. Democratic Alliance Member of Provincial Legislature and Shadow Health MEC Jack Bloom says Smith was not the only one.