LIMPOPO – After weeks of patients and staff having the use of only a single toilet at Sibasa clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, an expose by Health-e News has prompted action by the Department of Health.
A criminal syndicate seems to be targeting Limpopo hospitals after two armed robberies within 24 hours at doctors’ residences.
LIMPOPO - An armed robbery at the Letaba Hospital residence that saw three doctors shot and injured by men who entered the doctors’ residence in the early hours of Thursday morning has impacted badly on the province, jeopardising 24-hour health care.
The Limpopo Department of Health has confirmed that three of its medical doctors stationed at Letaba Hospital were shot during a robbery at the hospital’s residence on Thursday morning.
The Limpopo Department of Health is confident that it has developed a turnaround strategy that will successfully revive the healthcare system in the province.
While some parts of Limpopo Province have started reporting cases of malaria, the Malaria Institute in the province has dismissed claims of an outbreak saying everything is in place to control further infections.
As malaria season approaches the Limpopo Department of Health aims to disinfect a million houses in the province.
LIMPOPO - The Department of Health has launched a breastfeeding room at their offices in order to promote breastfeeding.
The Limpopo Department of Health (DoH) has apologised for a tweet from its official Twitter account claiming that anyone who dies of HIV today does so by choice.
LIMPOPO – Three siblings from Duthuni village, outside Thohoyandou have been left alone to fend for themselves after their mother was left bedridden by a stroke last December.
LIMPOPO - Rural parents who refuse to allow their disabled and intellectually impaired children to participate in sports derail their progress and rob them a chance to learn valuable life skills and possibly also block off career possibilities.
LIMPOPO – After living in denial of being HIV positive, a rural mother has finally come to accept her status through a process of questioning whether or not to breastfeed her new baby.
LIMPOPO – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has described the crisis happening at public health facilities in Limpopo as in need of urgent intervention before the health system collapses.
LIMPOPO – The already-high numbers of reported cases of child abuse – physical and sexual – has activists who are watching the situation concerned, as they have noticed a steady rise in numbers.
The Limpopo Department of Health (DOH) says criminal elements targeting provincial health facilities are blocking people’s 24 hours access to clinics.
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