The Free State health department has confirmed that it has been 'delaying' placing about 400 patients on antiretrovirals (ARVs) since the beginning of November, but denies that this was due to financial mismanagement in the province.
The fire at National Hospital was quickly extinguished, but it left severe damage to the facility.
Poor maintenance and water shortages are causing further delays in finishing the construction of the theatre unit at the Boitumelo Hospital in the Free State according to Montseng Tsiu, chairperson of the provincial legislature committee on education, health and social…
Qwa-Qwa residents claim that nothing has changed since the Mofumahadi Manapo Hospital was declared a National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot by former Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize. The people of Phuthaditjhaba have labelled the move nothing but a publicity stunt. When…
A Free State organisation is working to create a healthy and safe environment for children throughout the year.
Some 4000 Free State children will take part in a study to test the HIV rate of South African children.
Residents of the Free State town of Parys are over the moon following the opening of a new clinic last week. This new facility will help ease the burden of overcrowding often experienced at the nearby Tumahole clinic. Free State…
Patients using public health facilities in the Free State face hostile services, staff shortages, and long waiting times. Some patients have even reported being turned away and denied care. These are just some of the findings of a report published…
BETHLEHEM. - Lovelife, the HIV prevention initiative for young people, recently trained 85 new Community Groundbreakers for 2013 in the Free State. The training, held at the Thaba Nchu, Black Mountain Hotel in the Free State, began on 22 January and ended on 1 February.
Mmakoloi Mokoena, a 96-year old resident from Clarens in the Free State, says she says she owes her long life and good health to a healthy lifestyle and good food.
The mumps outbreak is affecting schooling in Botshabelo in the Free State, with at least 100 children testing positive. The Limpopo Health Department is urging parents to monitor symptoms. “Symptoms include headache, fever, malaise and loss of appetite. The glands…
Another 50 Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) members have been arrested following a second wave of protest over what the TAC alleges is a “health crisis” in the Free State.
A pattern of water quality issues has plagued Moqhaka for years, including incidents of alleged contamination in 2020 and unfulfilled promises.
Deputy President David Mabuza has promised residents of Moqhaka Local Municipality, in the Free State, that their problems with contaminated water would be resolved by mid-December.
The Pule Sefatsa Clinic, in Botshabelo in the Free State, has extended the provision of primary healthcare services to a newly-established informal settlement via a mobile clinic that visits the area once a week. By Molefi Sompane.
