FS woman waits 4 years for medical negligence pay out after ‘out of court settlement’
Woman says despite being promised millions of rands in compensation for injuries sustained during surgery, she has yet to receive payment.
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FS Vooma Vaccination drive a success but province ‘can do better’
This past weekend’s Vooma Vaccination campaign went well in the Free State, but Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, has urged the province to extend its vaccination drive if South Africa wants to reach its target of population immunity by December. By Molefi Sompane.
FS thrown a desperate lifeline
Thousands of desperate HIV positive patients in the Free State have been thrown a lifeline with news that millions has been secured to procure anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs needed to keep them alive.
FS residents drowning in sewage 20 years later
Nothing has changed for local communities within the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State as sewage in the form of dirty underwear, sanitary pads, and smelly nappies lie scattered next to the roads. For at least 20 years, Thabong and…
FS patient humiliated and body shamed by transport driver
“Wheelchair breaker! Fatty boom boom!” These are the words hurled at 42-year-old Nomakhephu Nelane when she had to board the patient transport to transfer her from Pelonomi to Botshabelo Hospital in August 2023. She has kidney failure and it is…
FS new budget allocation uninspiring
Patients in the Free State were recently denied AIDS treatment because of a lack of funds. But the National Treasury's new allocation towards the province's HIV and AIDS expenditure for the 2009 ' 2010 financial year, which begins in April, is R83 million short. Now the province's head of health is already talking about restricting access to antiretrovirals.
FS health workers abandon patients to do ANC electioneering
Despite a health crisis in the Free State caused by a funding shortage, the provincial health department has granted 160 health workers who are members of the ANC-aligned National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) paid leave for six months to do election campaigning for the ANC.
FS Health goes digital to improve services
The Free State Health Department is turning to digital innovations to streamline healthcare services and improve patient and healthcare outcomes. The province recently launched its digital health strategy with the focus on four key projects. The first project is telemedicine.…
FS Health dept under pressure following SAHRC visit
Out of utter desperation, members from various Free State communities approached the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), which has since paid a three-day visit to evaluate the province’s crumbling health infrastructure. The commission has now put the ball in…
From toothache to cancer: Bedridden Free State woman seeks answers after years of treatment
What started as a toothache in 2021 led to a rare cancer diagnosis and years of medical treatment for 29-year-old Lerato Mosai. Four years later, the Sasolburg woman is bedridden and dependent on her mother for her daily care. Mosai…
Free State: Tsiu aims to reignite COVID-19 vaccine spark
The Free State Department of Health, headed by MEC Montsheng Tsiu, will extend its vaccination drive to taxi ranks and shopping malls with the hope of reigniting the initial COVID-19 vaccination buzz which has died down in recent weeks.
Free State: Service delivery protests shut down clinic
The local clinic in Henneman in the Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State has been closed for the last seven days since service delivery protests erupted in the area. Residents of Phomolong started protesting exactly one week ago over the…
Free State: Postcards from a troubled province
As activists and community health workers await the verdict in a court case stemming from July protests regarding allegedly poor Free State health services, OurHealth’s Lungile Thamela speaks to Free State residents about health in the troubled province.
Free State: Nehawu goes ahead with strike
Despite a court interdict preventing the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) from striking today, the union went ahead with its planned protest action. In the Free State, over 3000 health workers gathered outside several hospitals in…
Free State: Ladybrand COVID-19 outbreak ‘alarming’
The Ladybrand Primary School in the Free State is causing the province’s department of education major concern after 87 learners tested positive for COVID-19 this week. This latest outbreak comes days after Grey College Secondary reopened their doors after experiencing a spike early August.
