While the country’s draft policy for bringing universal health care to all bewilders many, long waiting times at health facilities, drug shortages and clinics not operating for 24 hours, remain the biggest concerns they face.
Patient strangles nurse until she lost consciousness at Pholosong Hospital in Tsakane. Nelisiwe Msomi reports.
The Limpopo health department denies there a shortage of medication crucial for mothers who’ve just given birth. They have just 72 hours to take it after delivery, but a hospital in Limpopo is allegedly sending patients home without it.
Despite improvements, disgruntled Limpopo patients aren’t satisfied with the standard of medical services they receive at Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital.
Non-profit organisation (NPO), Meals on Wheels Community Services South Africa is dedicated to providing wholesome dishes to impoverished people in Limpopo.
The community protested, activists threatened legal action and a settlement was reached. Seven years later, the newly built permanent Village Clinic is opened.
“Ever since I moved back into my house six year ago, life has been difficult,” says Mita Mokape.
With childhood obesity on the rise globally, many parents remain unaware of the powerful impact a poor diet can have.
The Democratic Alliance has been fiercely opposed to the National Health Insurance Bill. But the official opposition party’s alternative leaves many unanswered questions. Eleanor Whyle, Manya van Ryneveld and Leanne Brady break it down.
Some residents have had no choice but to travel kilometres to neighbouring villages to get water or to buy a bucket of water closer to home for three rands, which many can’t afford.
As South Africans grapple with the latest crime statistics that were released in Parliament on Thursday, women and gender non-conforming people make their way to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in protest against the ongoing deaths and acts of violence…
“As we were being discharged, the nurse told my partner and me that we must pay the R621 because we are not South African,” says a young mother.
An elderly woman has been waiting to see a specialist for two years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, writes Colen Seboholi.
When Motheo Lengoasa was referred to a psychiatric hospital for depression, she refused to go, saying she was not crazy. But, she realises that was a misconception writes Pamela Mkhize.
The Gauteng health department’s progress report on its new leadership includes some key achievements such as appointing 14 CEOs in the province's hospitals and an app to deal with patient complaints.
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