Clinic too small for community
Many patients reliant on state healthcare accept that they have to go to government health clinics where they will have to queue for hours to get assistance.
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Nurse tackles gender gap in healthcare
Ikageng has seven general practitioners, all of whom are men, but Sister Vuiswa Leseka has opened a private clinic in the North West township and aims to challenge the gender gap in healthcare.
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Patients share one toilet at Sibasa
LIMPOPO - The Vhembe District Office of the Department of Health has undertaken to repair damaged toilets at Sibasa Clinic in Makwarela outside Thohoyandou following several complaints made by patients.
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Patients turned away due to staff shortages
KWA ZULU-NATAL - Patients visiting Waterfall Clinic west of Durban have, for the past few weeks, been turned back home without receiving treatment due to a shortage of staff at the clinic.
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Community demands the rebuilding of clinic
LIMPOPO - Cracked walls and damaged ceilings characterise the Lephepane Clinic outside Tzaneen where the clinic committee is demanding that the facility be rebuilt.
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Construction of new Alex clinic back on track
New disciplinary measures, a beefed-up workforce and a solution to niggling underground water issues have the delayed construction of a new public health clinic in 4th Avenue, Alexandra back on track.
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Limpopo woman gives birth on the street
A pregnant woman, who was sent home after arriving at her local clinic with severe abdominal pains, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in the street a short while later.
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Jeppe Clinic closed down for renovations
Jeppe Clinic, one of the biggest government health facilities serving the high-density community of the Johannesburg CBD, has been temporarily closed.
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Patients stranded after clinic torched
Recent protest action by angry residents at Duduza in Ekurhuleni has left sick people in a vulnerable position after their local clinic was so badly damaged it can no longer function.
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Clinic goes for 4 months without water
LIMPOPO - Lesedi Clinic in Lephapane, outside Tzaneen in the Mopani District has gone without water for four months after the water supply was found to be infested with bacteria. Mogale Mojela reports that the water has been switched off altogether.
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Two more arrests for ARV theft at a clinic
Mpumalanga – Months after a lay counsellor’s arrest for medication theft at a clinic outside Nelspruit, two more staffers have been arrested for the same thing.
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PillDrop: Solution to chronic medication challenges
A South African pharmacist’s idea of revolutionising access to chronic medicines in rural areas has received the nod from an international panel in the global Sandoz Hack competition.
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Community clinic closed after being vandalised
The Wrenchville community clinic, situated about 5kms outside Kuruman in the Nothern Cape, has been badly vandalised by angry community members who stoned the facility and burnt down the community hall and library.
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Mofolo Clinic in Soweto investigated for alleged cheating on clinic inspections
Mofolo Clinic in Soweto, recently rated highly by clinic inspectors, is now under investigation for having allegedly cheated in order to gain a higher-than-deserved score.
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Platinum status for new clinic
Two new clinics are transforming the lives of rural communities in Mpumalanga, where people no longer have had to travel long distances to get medical attention
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