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Police investigation into fire at Tembisa Hospital’s emergency unit set to stall repairs
Repairs to the accident and emergency unit at Tembisa Hospital are expected to stall as police probe the fire that…
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Baragwanath Hospital urges families to collect bodies of their loved ones
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Orlando, Soweto, has appealed to family members to collect the bodies of their…
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Gauteng Health reveals 16 hospitals suffered water shortages & cancelled 392 operations this year
Water shortages are affecting the daily health care services in hospitals across the Gauteng, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) provincial health…
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DA calls for disciplinary action against Bank of Lisbon fire culprits
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for disciplinary action against those responsible for the 2018 Bank of Lisbon fire. A…
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DA: R300 million Gauteng health budget cut the symptom of a badly managed dept
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Gauteng health spokesperson MEC Jack Bloom says cuts to the province’s health infrastructure budget will have…
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R400 million paid to Life Esidimeni victims, with more compensation expected
More than R400 million has so far been paid to the victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy, with much more…
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Equipment salvaged from abandoned R700 million Covid hospital
Generators, as well as heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment, has been salvaged from the abandoned Anglo Ashanti Hospital, in the…
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DA wants security contracts of Gauteng public hospitals reviewed
The DA in Gauteng wants the security contracts of provincial public hospitals reviewed. This follows a recent incident in which…
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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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Health Dept must pay for patient treatment at private hospitals, says Gauteng DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng said that the provincial government should set aside a budget to administer partnerships between…
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No records of forensic probe request from Babita Deokaran, says MEC Mokgethi
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi on Tuesday said the department had no records of an official request for a forensic…
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EFF protesters demand work from Gauteng health
It is still unclear exactly why members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have been protesting at the Gauteng health…
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SA Covid-19: DA concerned over Gauteng’s readiness for 5th wave
The DA is concerned about Gauteng’s readiness to deal with a fifth Covid-19 wave. The province has over 11,000 active…
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Chris Hani Hospital not the only one with food shortages, says DA
The DA says Chris Hani Baragwanath isn’t the only hospital experiencing food shortages. It made headlines when it emerged it…
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Gauteng health in R3 billion arrears
More than 42 000 suppliers for the Gauteng Department of Health are owed R 3.1 billion within the legally required…
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South Africa-based Cuban doctors take-home salaries while intern doctors remain unpaid
The department of health is still paying expert Cuban doctors high salaries despite expired contracts and unemployed local doctors, with…
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Opposition parties accuse David Makhura of repeating message from last year’s Sopa
In what opposition parties have seen as implausible and a string of unimplemented promises – Gauteng premier David Makhura on…
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GP Health Department promises to pay money owed to the City of Joburg by month-end
DA Gauteng health spokesperson Jack Bloom has accused the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) of owing approximately R200 million to…
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DA welcomes former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s arrest
The Democratic Alliance’s Jack Bloom has welcomed the news of former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s arrest, saying he feels…
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Carletonville Hospital fire that destroyed PPE confirmed as arson
A hospital fire that destroyed R20 million worth of equipment in February has been confirmed as an act of arson.…
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Lack of clean linen and staff shortages behind delayed cataract surgeries in Gauteng
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Jack Bloom recently looked into the waiting list for cataract patients across various healthcare institutions in…
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Security worth R40 million could not stop theft at Charlotte Maxeke hospital
At least R30 million worth of copper pipes have gone missing at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJH) since a…
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Report into deaths of 3 firefighters to be released in September
Investigations into the death of three firefighters at the now-demolished Bank of Lisbon building – which housed Gauteng Health Department…
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Gauteng probing death of patient at Helen Joseph hospital
The department of health in Gauteng said that it was investigating the death of a 26-year-old woman at the Helen…
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DA: R17.6 million spent but no criminal charges laid by Gauteng health dept
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Gauteng department of health to review the cost of its investigations after…
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Parts of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital to be fully operational in 2023
The timetable for the medium-term infrastructure completion of the areas affected by the fire at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital…
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Gauteng’s new R500 million hospital only has 6 patients
The R500m hospital opened amid much fanfare by Gauteng premier David Makhura to help with the rising numbers of Covid-19…
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City of Joburg’s ambulances decrease from 100 to 40
The City of Johannesburg’s fleet of ambulances has decreased from 100 to 40 since the province began taking over ambulances…
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Another blow for cancer patients at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital’s oncology unit will only reopen on 5 July, a far cry from the promised reopening this…
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DA calls on GP government not to take over city ambulance services
There have been calls for the Gauteng government not to take over the running of ambulance services and for the…
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Health Minister Mkhize to answer on Digital Vibes
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize will appear before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health on Friday morning. He’ll be answering questions related…
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Interrupted water supply in parts of Johannesburg leaves Helen Joseph Hospital dry
Large parts of Johannesburg can expect another day of interrupted water supply. Joburg Water is on Monday warning that Brixton,…
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Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire: No sign of reopening
There is still no sign of reopening the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital three weeks after a fire gutted several…
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4 more violent incidents by mental health patients at Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital
Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Soweto has recorded four more violent incidents by mental health patients since the stabbing to…
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Gauteng health dept fails to spend over R908m – Jack Bloom
This year’s figure is a sharp increase from the R631.4 million underspent by the department in the last financial year.…
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Gauteng doing well, but has to speed up virus test results – DA
Poor handling and collection of crucial data would render the province unprepared when the peak hits in about June, Gauteng…
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3,832 deaths in Gauteng hospitals were largely avoidable, DA claims
Jack Bloom says that despite the high number of serious adverse events, only 77 cases were referred for disciplinary action.…
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DA calls for probe after #JoburgFire
Shocked onlookers watched in horror when a firefighter fell from one of the top floors of a burning government building…
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Life Esidimeni bill jumps by another R236m
The party’s Gauteng shadow health MEC, Jack Bloom, said Thomas Masebe, the premier’s spokesperson, at a meeting last week of…
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