Nurses have ended their strike at Boitumelo Regional Hospital. They downed tools last week over safety issues, overtime and staff shortages. The National Health Department (NDoH) says the strike ended after a meeting between unions and the provincial health…
Nurses continued their strike action at Boitumelo Regional Hospital on Monday over safety issues, overtime and staff shortages. The nurses downed tools on Friday, leaving patients unattended and unable to get their medication. Patients who queued early in the morning…
Two Ekurhuleni clinics are battling to keep their doors open as water shortages continue to plague Gauteng. Both Tsakane Ext 10 Clinic and Sonto Thobela Clinic in Duduza, a township east of Nigel, have been battling since December…
Over one year since the Mtengwane and Swanepoel families called on South Africans to register to become stem cell donors, only one of the two families had their prayers answered. The other family is still clinging to hope. Bomikazi…
Patients seeking medical care at the Boitumelo Hospital in Maokeng, just outside Kroonstad in the Free State, have been turned away due to issues with contractors. Surgeries and other vital services have been called off until further notice. The…
Free State Health MEC, Montsheng Tsiu, has admitted the province’s ambulance-patient ratio is so poor people sometimes wait days for help. “According to the ratio in the national health guidelines, at least a single ambulance should serve 10 000 people,…
Pregnant with her second child, 25-year-old Kea Selai hopes to raise her kids in an environment with access to health care services. Her wish, however, seems unobtainable as she and others living in Zone 1 in Thaba Nchu have…
The Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital in QwaQwa has got its naysayers out in full force following reports of old equipment and the low morale of health workers. As the walls fall in, poverty-stricken residents are too afraid to seek…
Patients at Free State clinics have expressed frustration and anger at having to wake up at 4am only to be turned away due to medication shortages. Some residents claim that officials are taking medication for external use, with most…
The ambitious 24-hour daily service, including weekends at Limpopo clinics and primary health centres (CHCs) is hitting a snag due to a shortage of nurses and ancillary staff. Community members and health workers’ unions have since called for action…
Limpopo is facing a potential crisis ahead of the festive season after 21 emergency care officers were fired. Their contracts were terminated after the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) concluded they failed to meet the required standards…
Although public healthcare in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) still has a long way to go, there are glimmers of hope for the province, as revealed in the latest edition of the Ritshidze report. At least 11 key issues were examined in…
With no end to load shedding in the foreseeable future in South Africa, the community of QwaQwa was hopeful when the procurement of generators was announced. But this glimmer of hope has turned into a tunnel of darkness following the…
A new Ritshidze report has revealed the worsening state of health care in the Free State, with some patients even having to halt their HIV treatment. The reasons behind the demise are endless. Inadequate staffing, filth, long waiting periods, messy…
With the arrival of the Phelophepa train in Mokopane in Limpopo, residents have been able to overcome long queues, medicine stock-outs and a lack of privacy. The state-owned Transnet mobile clinic has provided free healthcare to thousands of South Africans…