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FS patient humiliated and body shamed by transport driver

“Wheelchair breaker! Fatty boom boom!” These are the words hurled at 42-year-old Nomakhephu Nelane when she had to board the patient transport to transfer her from Pelonomi to Botshabelo Hospital in August 2023. She has kidney failure and it is…

‘Madiba bakkies’ for kids with cerebral palsy

JOHANNESBURG – After more than a year of battling to transport her physically challenged the child, Lindiwe Mashini (33) from Bluegum View section in Duduza has finally received a special purpose-built pram – or “bakkie” as they are termed, from Pholosong Hospital.

Slideshow: Left for dead in the Eastern Cape

Dozens of people recently testified before the South African Human Rights Commission about the Eastern Cape's lack of emergency medical services and patient transport. Testimonies paint a stark picture of the thin line between life and death in the rural Eastern Cape.

FS patient humiliated and body shamed by transport driver

‘Madiba bakkies’ for kids with cerebral palsy

Slideshow: Left for dead in the Eastern Cape

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