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Gauteng High Court declares health department’s failure in cancer treatment unconstitutional
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that the provincial health department’s failure to provide radiation oncology services is…
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Health Department vows improvements following Ombudsman report on Tom London case
Health Department vows improvements following Ombudsman report on Tom London case! The Health Department has pledged to improve its management…
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Monkeypox cases in South Africa rises to 25
The number of confirmed Mpox cases in the country has risen to 25. This follows confirmation of another case in…
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Monkeypox outbreak in SA under control but tracing & screening at borders to be ramped up, says Health Dept
The Health Department says while the declaration of mpox as a global health emergency does not translate into trade and…
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Confirmed monkeypox cases in SA rise to 13
The number of confirmed Mpox cases in the country has risen to 13. The Health Department said that seven of…
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Monkeypox outbreak: Health Dept continuing with surveillance and contact tracing
The Health Department says it’s continuing surveillance, contact tracing, and health education activities across the country, amid a monkeypox (Mpox)…
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Monkeypox death toll rises to 2
The death toll of MPox in South Africa has risen to two. The Health Department has also announced another laboratory-confirmed…
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2nd case of monkeypox confirmed in Durban
The Health Department has recorded a second laboratory-confirmed case of the Mpox disease, formally known as monkeypox. A 39-year-old male…
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Department of Health calls for vigilance as Monkeypox case detected in Gauteng
Health Minister Joe Phaahla is calling for the public to be on high alert following a reported case of Monkeypox.…
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Monkeypox: 35-year-old Gauteng man tests positive
The Health Department has confirmed a positive case of Monkeypox in Gauteng. In a statement on Monday, the department said…
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Gauteng Health Department set to unveil intervention plan to prevent teen pregnancies
The Department of Gauteng Health is set to unveil an intervention plan to prevent teenage pregnancy in the province. The…
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SAHRC says SAPS & Health Dept failed to uphold up dignity of Enyobeni tavern victims
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found that the Health Department and the South African Police Service (SAPS)…
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Health Dept & Mpumalanga police to quell protests interfering with Temba Hospital operations
The Department of Health will now work with police in Mpumalanga to prevent community protests from interfering with operations at…
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Health Department bemoans violent incident that led to closure of Mpumalanga hospital
The National Department of Health has condemned acts of violence in Mpumalanga that recently led to the temporary closure of…
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Health Dept plans handover of birth control vending machine to Eastern Cape community
The Health Department will be handing over a self-care wellness vending machine in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday. The handover…
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Free State health dept dismisses food poisoning rumours after 2 schools closed due to sick children
The Free State Department of Education has attributed the temporary closure of two primary schools to a flu outbreak, dismissing…
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PSA blames corruption for Health Department’s failures
The Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA) in KwaZulu-Natal says the Health Department needs to deal with its mismanagement…
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Health department engages with Treasury over unplaced doctors
The health department says talks with the National Treasury will continue amid the outcry over unplaced medical graduates. Health Minister…
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City of Cape Town Health Dept raises concerns about drop in number of child vaccinations
The City of Cape Town’s Health Department has urged parents and guardians to ensure that their children’s vaccinations are up…
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Health Department ups cholera screenings after outbreak in neighbouring countries
The health department says it is closely monitoring people re-entering the country for cholera. This after a number of neighbouring…
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ActionSA calls on health department to ensure safety of Eastern Cape initiates
ActionSA is calling for an urgent solution to the alarming fatalities recorded at initiation schools in the Eastern Cape. At…
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Health Department concerned over rising rate of teenage pregnancies in SA
The national Health Department has once again raised concerns over the increasing rate of teenage pregnancies around the country. More…
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13-year-old patient allegedly assaulted in Ladysmith hospital
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department has instituted an urgent investigation into an incident in which a 13-year-old boy was allegedly…
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Marshalltown fire: Families of deceased allegedly extorted for R700 as 44 bodies lay unclaimed
While more than 40 bodies of the 77 bodies pulled from the Marshalltown building debris lay unclaimed in Gauteng mortuaries,…
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Gauteng Health to host second surgical marathon
Gauteng’s Health Department is to host its second surgical marathon at 23 public health facilities across the province this week.…
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Saftu to protest with Gauteng Health Dept contract workers for permanent jobs
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will join contract workers from Gauteng’s Health Department who will stage a…
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Cholera death toll now at 43
The Health Department says 43 people have died from the cholera outbreak. But this figure includes confirmed and suspected cases.…
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KZN paramedics living in fear
Emergency services personnel in KwaZulu-Natal are fearing for their lives. Paramedics have described how they are being targeted by criminals…
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Health Dept urges public to seek medical attention should cholera symptoms appear
The Department of Health has urged residents to seek medical help as soon as they experience symptoms of cholera as…
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Health Department investigating travel history of elderly woman who died of cholera
The Health Department is investigating the travel history of the latest person to die from cholera in Mpumalanga. Authorities have…
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Cholera outbreak: Temporary medical centre set up
Health Minister Joe Phaahla says more resources will be deployed in Hammanskraal where a cholera outbreak is sweeping the area.…
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Authorities announce measures to deal with cholera outbreak
Health authorities have announced a raft of measures to contain the outbreak of cholera. The Health Department held a webinar…
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6 people die in Hammanskraal due to gastrointestinal infection
Six people have died of gastrointestinal infection in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. In addition, the Health Department is warning the…
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Labour Court denies Nehawu strike interdict appeal
The Labour Court has upheld an interdict against the ongoing public sector strike following the National Education, Health, and Allied…
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Western Cape Nehawu’s strike interdicted
The Labour court in the Western Cape has granted the provincial health department an interdict against Nehawu’s illegal strike. Workers…
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Health Department confirms first cholera death in South Africa
The Health Department has confirmed the first cholera death in South Africa. Health Minister Joe Phaahla says the number of…
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NUM praises Health Dept decision to compensate ex-mineworkers who contracted TB & silicosis at work
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) applauds the decision by the Health Department to compensate former mineworkers who contracted tuberculosis…
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Health Department: Don’t deny school access to children not immunised against measles
The Department of Heath said children who are not immunized against measles should not be denied access to schools. However,…
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Sama threatens Health Deparment with legal action over jobs for intern doctors
The South African Medical Association (Sama) has threatened legal action against the Health Department over the lack of jobs for…
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Health Department vows to keep hospitals’ lights on amid load shedding
The health department has vowed to ensure that no hospitals shut down because of load shedding. This is despite a…
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Health Department: Nearly 80 hospitals excluded from blackouts
Health Department spokesperson Foster Mohale says nearly 80 hospitals have been exempted from blackouts. He says the department is working…
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COVID-19: Health Department warns of increase in cases in 4 provinces
The Health Department has urged South Africans to continue taking necessary Covid-19 precautions as cases rise. Scientists are warning the…
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Deputy Health Minister says Limpopo MEC Phophi Ramathuba is not xenophobic
The Health Department does not believe it’s Limpopo MEC Phophi Ramathuba is xenophobic. It comes as a video of her…
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Northern Cape’s nursing institution faces closure due to failure in meeting accreditation criteria
The only nursing college in the Northern Cape faces closure due to the failure of the Health Department in meeting…
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SA COVID-19: Surveillance data to be reported weekly
COVID-19 numbers will no longer be reported daily. From Sunday, the Health Department and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases…
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South Africa expected to receive clarity on what caused deaths of 21 teens at EC tavern
South Africans will hopefully get some clarity on Tuesday on what killed 21 teenagers at a tavern in the Eastern…
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Limpopo confirms first monkeypox case
A case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Limpopo. This brings the officially known number of monkeypox cases in South…
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GP Health Dept clarifies situation with nurses’ salaries and jobs
The Health Department in Gauteng has vowed to ensure that the outstanding salaries of more than 50 newly qualified nurses…
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SA records second monkeypox case
The Health Department is calling for vigilance after the country’s second case of monkeypox has been identified. The second patient…
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Government expected to make announcement on easing of COVID regulations soon
An announcement on the easing of COVID-19 regulations is expected soon. An apparent leaked Health Department memo suggests that we…
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