Free State doctor planning to leave the country ‘because of NHI’
Many fear that the NHI will lead to a mass exodus of healthcare workers.
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Free State community unhappy with service at mobile clinic
BETHLEHEM. '€“ Poor, marginalised communities in the rural area near this Free State town have been unhappy with the health services they have been receiving from a mobile unit from the Bethlehem Clinic. Patients'€™ complaints range from unreliability of the service to reduced amount of medication being dispensed.
Free State community shares one tap between 40 households
BETHLEHEM. '€“ Sanitation in the Bohlokong area in the Free State is so poor that it has started affecting the health of children in the Baipeing community in Bethlehem.
Free State community protesting water shortages shuts down Parys
The issue, which began in June 2022, has led to multiple protests, with residents accusing the Ngwathe municipality of failing to provide clean water.
Free State community marches against TB
Bethlehem community members in the Free State recently marched against tuberculosis (TB) in an effort to promote testing and treatment.
Free State community learns about AIDS, abuse
Bethlehem. - The community of Bohlokong commemorated World AIDS Day and 16 Days of Activism against Woman and Child Abuse at the Mphohadi Clinic.
Free State clinics grind to a halt as COVID-19 grips province
Scores of patients seeking treatment at Free State clinics have been sent home due to rising COVID-19 infections among health workers. Several facilities are temporarily closed and Bloemfontein residents have either been turned away or referred to other facilities without…
Free State clinic manager celebrates 20 years in nursing profession
Bethlehem. - Lindi Twala, manager of the Bohlokong Clinic in Bethlehem, in the Free State, recently celebrates 20 years in the nursing profession.
Free State clinic left to cope with a double patient load and no water
After a fire blazed through Vaalrock Clinic, the Brandfort community is forced to use the only clinic at their disposal, the Marantha Clinic, which is having far-reaching implications.
Free State churches push the limits on COVID-19 restrictions
Several Free State churches have ignored President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to safely resume religious gatherings where church services are allowed to only accommodate 50 worshippers indoors and a maximum of 100 outdoors. This forms part of the adjusted alert Level 3 lockdown restrictions which kicked in as from 26 July.
Free State ambulance service on life support
Free State Health MEC, Montsheng Tsiu, has admitted the province’s ambulance-patient ratio is so poor people sometimes wait days for help. “According to the ratio in the national health guidelines, at least a single ambulance should serve 10 000 people,…
Free State AIDS patients in the dark about services Living with AIDS Programme 382
While the Free State Health Department maintains that last November'€™s moratorium preventing about 15 000 new patients from getting antiretroviral treatment has been lifted, patients and civil society organisations paint a different picture.
Free State activists, health worker case postponed
After refusing to plead guilty to charges, health workers and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) activists are expected back at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court in October following a postponement.
Free State ‘fails to act against shortage of drugs, doctors’
A civil society inquiry has accused the Free State of failing to act on alleged shortages of medicine, health professionals and ambulances. The Free State says the inquiry is politically motivated.
Free State ‘€“ Primary Priorities in Place
Ten years later, health services in the flat, often bleak, central province of Free State are stable and the quality of care is improving.