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Gauteng Health Department to challenge court ruling on cancer treatment crisis
Gauteng Health Department to challenge court ruling on cancer treatment crisis! The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has announced its…
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Gauteng Health Department urges new mothers to breastfeed their babies
Gauteng Health Department urges new mothers to breastfeed their babies! The year has begun with joyous celebrations as over 300…
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Gauteng Health Department lauds safe hands training programme
The Gauteng Health Department has lauded the launch of its “safe hands training programme” which aims to improve mother and…
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Access to water restored at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital after several hours with dry taps
Access to water has been restored to the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg after several hours with dry taps. The…
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Food poisoning claims the lives of 6 more children in Gauteng
The Gauteng Health Department has expressed concern over the significant increase in food poisoning cases among children, particularly in townships,…
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Marshalltown fire: Gauteng Health Dept says it’s not responsible for delays in identifying victims
The Gauteng Health Department has shed light on the reasons behind the slow process of identifying the victims of the…
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Fake female doctor arrested in Tembisa
A woman posing as a doctor has been arrested and charged by the Gauteng Health Department. The imposter was apprehended…
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Gauteng health working on improving state of Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital
The Gauteng health department said that it has made headway in the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Rahima Moosa Mother and…
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Gauteng Health Department rubbishes claims that approving overtime will lead to exodus of doctors
The Gauteng Department of Health said claims that approving overtime would lead to an exodus of doctors were not true.…
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Gauteng Health Dept: Continued attacks on paramedics will have long-term effects
The Gauteng Health Department said the continued attacks on paramedics when attending emergencies would have long-term effects for many communities.…
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Electricity supply restored to Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital
Electricity supply has been restored to the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg after two days without supply. This has…
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Health Department to participate in this year’s Rand Easter Show
The Gauteng Health Department says it will participate in this year’s Rand Easter Show throughout the long weekend, as part…
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Gauteng Health provides alternate phone numbers amid payment issues
The Gauteng Health Department says it has provided alternative phone numbers for healthcare facilities while trying to resolve billing issues…
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Health Department calls for increased security at Rahima Moosa
The Gauteng Health Department has called for heightened policing in and around Coronationville in Johannesburg as persistent crime incidents continue…
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Emergency power up and running at Tembisa Hospital
The Gauteng Health Department says emergency power supply has been restored at the Tembisa Hospital on Gauteng’s East Rand. This…
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Storm in Tshwane causes flooding & damage to hospital infrastructure
The Gauteng Health Department says some patients in Mabopane and Soshanguve will have to use other health facilities. A hospital…
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Three Thelle Mogoerane Hospital nurses suspended over poor patient care
3 nurses at the Thelle Mogoerane Hospital have been placed on precautionary suspension for failure to provide adequate patient care…
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Justice Moseke, Life Esidimeni Inquiry findings not binding: Lawyers
Lawyers for the former senior managers of the Gauteng Health Department have told the High Court in Pretoria that the…
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Gauteng Health Department refutes R32 million owed to City Power by hospitals
The Gauteng Health Department says a disconnection of power is unwarranted in the case of electricity debt owed to City…
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Gauteng Health dept continues to monitor water supply in its various health facilities
The Gauteng Health department says it is continuing to monitor water supply in its various health facilities. This follows notices…
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7 months pregnant woman found hanging in hospital bathroom
Nurses at the Kopanong District Hospital in Vereeniging made a gruesome discovery in the early hours of Saturday morning while…
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Appeal for relatives of missing Joburg fire victims to come forward
The Gauteng Health Department is appealing to anyone who has not heard from family members who live in the Johannesburg…
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Gauteng Health: Measures in place to address Tembisa Hospital medication shortages
The Gauteng Health Department said it has measures in place to address some medication shortages at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary…
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Gauteng ambulances equipped with CCTV cameras, tracking devices
The Gauteng Health Department says all their ambulances are now being fitted with CCTV cameras and tracking devices. This after…
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Outa plans to protest at Babita Deokaran murder case
The Babita Deokaran murder trials returns to court on Monday. The Gauteng Health Department official was assassinated in August 2021,…
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Gauteng Health launches digital fingerprint system to help identify unclaimed bodies
The Gauteng Health Department is introducing a new digital fingerprint system on Thursday to help with the identification of unclaimed…
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Health Department launches probe after baby’s death at Sebokeng Hospital
An investigation is underway at Sebokeng Hospital where a mother lost her premature baby. The Gauteng Health Department says it…
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Update: Gauteng cholera cases now at 48 and 29 recoveries
The number of Cholera cases in Hammanskraal is now sitting at 48. In the last two weeks, 229 patients have…
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Treatment site to be opened in Kanana over cholera crisis
The Gauteng Health Department is setting up a treatment site in the Kanana area of Hammanskraal where most cholera cases…
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Gauteng Health says it doesn’t have R8 million for Chris Hani nursing students’ stipends
Some nursing students protested at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital’s nursing college over placements, following the completion of their…
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Cholera death toll rises to 17
Two more people have died from cholera in Hammanskraal, bringing the death toll to 17. The Gauteng Health Department says…
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GHD: Steam boiler repairs at Steve Biko Hospital to be completed soon
The Gauteng Health Department said it expected the repairs on the steam-generating boiler at Steve Biko Academic Hospital to be…
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DA calls on Health Minister Phaahla to provide timelines responding to Rahima Moosa report
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Gauteng Health Department to act urgently to address the issues plaguing the…
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Unions want Gauteng health department to retain healthcare workers hired during COVID
Healthcare workers affiliated to trade unions, Health and Allied workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) and Independent Liberation & Allied Workers…
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Tembisa Hospital gets 36 new beds to combat overcrowding
The Gauteng Health Department has added a new ward with 36 new beds at Tembisa Hospital to combat overcrowding. The…
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Gauteng Health MEC calls on families to look for missing relatives at mortuaries
The Gauteng Health Department says there are 938 unclaimed and unidentified bodies 11 eleven forensic pathology service mortuaries in the…
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SAMA reacts to release of unplaced junior doctors
The South African Medical Association has slammed the Gauteng Health Department’s decision to release unplaced medical graduates from their community…
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Efforts to contain cholera cases in Gauteng
The Gauteng health department is hopeful that cholera will not spread to the point where it becomes difficult to control.…
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Medical expert warns Malaria could spread due to climate change
Medical experts say that due to the adverse consequences of climate change – it is possible that diseases like malaria…
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Health Department: 56 babies abandoned at Gauteng public hospitals in 2022 so far
The Gauteng Health Department says that at least 56 babies were abandoned at public hospitals this year. The figure was…
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New Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital psychiatric ward to expand mental healthcare
The Gauteng Health Department and Islamic Relief South Africa have begun renovations of an old facility at Chris Hani Baragwanath…
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Barney Selebano concedes warnings over Life Esidimeni patient transfers were ignored
Former head of the Gauteng Health Department, Barney Selebano, said that the decision to transfer 144 psychiatric patients to un-vetted…
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Security to be beefed up for Gauteng Health HOD
Police say security will be increased around Gauteng Health Department head, Dr Nomonde Nolutshungu. That’s after she received death threats…
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Babita Deokaran murder case postponed to 6 October
Babita Deokaran’s murder case has been postponed to 6 October. The defence’s legal team apparently hasn’t been paid and a…
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Sama slams Gauteng health department’s persecution of Rahima Moosa hospital doctor
It has emerged that a disciplinary process has begun against a doctor at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.…
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GP Health Department says it will address appalling conditions at facilities
The Gauteng Health Department says it will address the appalling conditions of its hospitals following the reinstatement of a doctor…
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GP Health Dept to prioritise the filling of critical posts at hospitals
The Gauteng Health Department said that it would use its R59.4 billion budget allocation to continue to prioritize the filling…
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GP Health Dept sends EMS team to assist with KZN search & rescue ops
The Gauteng Health Department said that it would be sending five of its emergency medical services professionals to assist with…
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Healthcare workers want permanent jobs
At least 4,000 healthcare workers may be jobless by 1 April. The Gauteng Health Department says due to financial constraints…
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Health workers protest outside Department of Health offices
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers is demonstrating outside the Gauteng Health Department offices. Members want community…
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