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Ailing Limpopo clinic places strain on residents

News, Our Health

Residents in Ga-Pila, outside Mokopane town in Waterberg District, Limpopo, are frustrated with the Sterkwater Clinic’s inability to provide adequate healthcare services. Reports indicate that the clinic has been facing persistent issues, with medication shortages and malfunctioning equipment. *Sy Thobela,…

Montsho Matlala
May 18, 2023

Limpopo eye patients waiting in the dark for operations

Health Systems, News, Our Health

Patients in need of eye operations in the Sekhukhune and Capricorn districts in Limpopo are disappointed because the Warmbath Hospital in Waterberg District has not called them despite promising to do so a few months ago. Joshua Leselo* (71) from…

Montsho
May 20, 2022

A shortage of contraceptive injections has forced women in Limpopo to consider alternatives.

Contraceptives shortage in Limpopo a ‘disaster’ for women

News, Women's Health

Women in Limpopo are desperate to get their hands on two types of injectable contraceptives which have been in short supply for over a month. One patient has deemed the situation a ‘disaster’ which the provincial department of health reckons will be.

Mogale Mojela
July 27, 2021

Concern as Limpopo clinics run out of essential pediatric vaccines.

Limpopo moms express concern as pediatric vaccines run out

Health, News

As the country continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines, mothers in Limpopo are worried that their children could be exposed to dangerous diseases due to a shortage of essential pediatric vaccines at pubic and private health facilities.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
July 27, 2021

Hospital’s alleged negligence costs a woman her hand

News

Although Namadzavho Kutama launched a formal complaint against the hospital last year, she’s yet to receive any updates from the Donald Fraser Hospital.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
July 31, 2020

Anxiety builds for Limpopo families separated by Covid-19 hospital regulations

News

“I sometimes feel like I’ve deserted my mom but there is nothing I can do – it’s beyond my control,” says Mulalo Namgammbi whose mother is a cancer patient at Tshilidzini Hospital.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 3, 2020

Sick baby discharged due to bed shortage

News

An ill new born baby has been discharged from the Van Velden Hospital in Tzaneen before recovery, the parents allege. The baby boy was subsequently diagnosed with meningitis.

Mogale Mojela
April 23, 2020

#LockdownSA: ‘Some of us will die of hunger’ says Limpopo beer brewer

News

In a small village outside Elim, Limpopo, the shockwaves of the national lockdown are being felt by those most vulnerable to capitalism’s precarity.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
April 10, 2020

A family struggles to care for mentally ill relative

News

As a Limpopo family battles to meet the needs of a relative who needs care, they are pleading for assistance from government as a last resort.

Mogale Mojela
March 5, 2020

Grieving family sues Limpopo Health over negligence

News

A family is suing the Limpopo department of health over the death of a woman after she gave birth at Kgapane Hospital.

Mogale Mojela
March 4, 2020

#PhophiMustFall: Nurses trade union calls for Limpopo Health MEC’s removal

News

Nursing unions are concerned by staff shortages, crumbling healthcare infrastructure and more, but the Limpopo Department of Health maintains that there’s no crisis in the province.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
February 24, 2020

Water issues raise concern at Limpopo hospital

News

Water shortages and restrictions are some of the issues that impact the quality of care at Kgapane Hospital

Mogale Mojela
January 29, 2020

Claims of xenophobia at Limpopo hospital

News

Mother of twins alleges discrimination on the basis of nationality by Letaba Hospital staff, which resulted in her going into labour on hospital floor.

Mogale Mojela
January 28, 2020

DENOSA Limpopo threatens to remove nurses in hospitals

News

Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa in the province threatens to remove staff who are part of the union from health facilities if safety and security don’t improve.