Jubilee District Hospital in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, is stretched and doesn’t have the capacity to take care of a growing population. Communications officer, Moses Seete, says the hospital serves patients from more than 20 villages between Gauteng and Northwest…
The Mpumalanga Department of Health is faced with a dire shortage of human resources, which include doctors, pharmacist assistants, professional nurses and other staff. The recently released Mpumalanga State of Health report by Ritshidze, a community monitoring organisation, indicates that…
In December, Health-e News reported on the unacceptable service patients received at Pelonomi Regional Hospital in Bloemfontein. Free State Health MEC Montsheng Tsiu has since told Health-e News that the department and hospital management will meet in search of urgent solutions. …
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…
It’s been just over a year since the first Ritshidze report on the Eastern Cape was published – and during the 12 months, nothing has changed for patients throughout the province. The second edition reveals how poor staff attitudes, long…
Out of utter desperation, members from various Free State communities approached the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), which has since paid a three-day visit to evaluate the province’s crumbling health infrastructure. The commission has now put the ball in…
Enough is enough. So say nurses across Gauteng who will take to the streets across the province in protest of their current working conditions on Wednesday. Some of their grievances include exploiting community service nurses, non-payment of salaries, staff shortages,…
Scores of patients seeking treatment at Free State clinics have been sent home due to rising COVID-19 infections among health workers. Several facilities are temporarily closed and Bloemfontein residents have either been turned away or referred to other facilities without…
The Khujwana Clinic remains unfazed by the numerous complaints of staff taking lunch and forcing patients to wait. Not even a sit-in staged by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) got their attention at the Tzaneen-based health facility. At one stage,…
