Elim demise: is tribalism to blame?
Elim Hospital is one of the oldest health facilities in Limpopo and had a reputation for excellence. Why are services now so bad?
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Patient dies in Elim Hospital after shower
Hospital negligence under investigation after elderly patient dies of burns from shower.
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Mom sent big hospital bill for botched op
Limpopo – A young mother who suffered pain and bleeding for months after she was badly stitched after giving birth, and who was helped only after the Health Department intervened, has now received a bill for R11 000.
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HIV: Don’t forget the elderly
Elderly people are also vulnerable to HIV and this World AIDS Day the Department of Health is urging young and old to get tested.
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Limpopo Health MEC to fight ‘prophet of Doom’
The MEC of Department of Health in Limpopo province Dr Phophi Ramathuba has publicly condemned the actions of the Limpopo pastor alleged to be spraying insect repellant in the faces of his followers to heal them.
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Limpopo Departments of Health and Education continue to disappoint
Despite getting 47 percent of the provincial budget, the Limpopo Department of Education has once again failed to get a clean audit.
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Help for young mother after four-month public hospital ordeal
LIMPOPO - After four months battling to recover from childbirth due to ongoing bleeding caused by failed efforts by nurses to stich her properly after giving birth, a young Limpopo mother has finally been helped.
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Grannies walk for fun – and good health
Every year thousands of senior citizens in the Thohoyandou area come together to participate in the King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana fun walk – a 10km event aimed at promoting exercise.
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Limpopo water shortage worsens as drought conditions continue
Limpopo residents are hard hit by the drought, as their situation continues to get worse. Residents of Madobi village, near Makhado, are now struggling to get drinking water as many of the boreholes in the area have dried up.
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Mothers say ‘no’ to bush initiation
Rural Vhembe mothers in Limpopo have refused to send their sons to bush initiation schools this year saying they valued their sons lives more than they did the age-old tradition.
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Blind students back in school after toilet delivery
After weeks of protests about broken toilets, students from Rivoni School for the Blind are back at their desks.
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Patients accuse Limpopo clinic of unfair treatment
Limpopo patients have accused health workers of preferential treatment for family and friends.
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Sports day for farmworkers in Vhembe
MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Merriam Ramadwa has encouraged farmworkers to participate in sport in order to keep their bodies healthy.
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Two men charged with rape and murder of grandmother
MUTALE – Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping and killing 81-year old Nyawasedza Maliavusa on 10 August at Dzimauli, Phimbida.
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Hundred-year old primary school still has pit toilets
One of the oldest Primary Schools in Limpopo, Lukau Primary, does not have toilets.
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