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Health MEC Mokgethi seeks to turn around Gauteng ambulance response time & patient care
Gauteng Department of Health emergency medical services (EMS) has introduced the G-SET programme as part of efforts to improve EMS…
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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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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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GP health dept assures the public it has enough food at hospitals
The Gauteng Department of Health on Thursday said it had dealt with the short supply of bread to state-run hospitals…
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GP health department apologises for late payment of medical interns’ salaries
Most of the medical interns at Gauteng hospitals who had not received their salaries for January and February, have now…
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COVID-19: 9 million Gauteng residents have rolled up their sleeves for the jab
Gauteng’s far-reaching effort to vaccinate its vast population against COVID-19 has hit another milestone. South Africa’s economic hub has surpassed…
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GP EMS launches 220 new ambulances ahead of festive season
Gauteng’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have launched 220 newly acquired ambulances as part of the festive season’s preparations for the…
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GP healthcare workers allegedly assaulted & bitten 41 times by mental health patients
The Gauteng department of health says continuous training is being provided to staff on the management of aggressive mental healthcare…
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Vaccination team robbed at gunpoint in Soshanguve
A vaccination team was attacked by five gun-toting assailants and robbed of vaccination programme gadgets, including three tablets and a…
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Employers urged to make use of COVID-19 vaccination pop-up sites
The Gauteng Health Department has urged employers to take advantage of workplace pop-up vaccination sites. It says employers and any…
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COVID-19: Gauteng opens more vaccine sites this weekend, urges residents to vaccinate to beat the 4th wave
Gauteng residents have been urged to vaccinate in order to beat the fourth wave of coronavirus. The Gauteng Health Department…
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Covid-19: Hospitalised patients drop below 4 000 in Gauteng
There were over 1 149 new Covid-19 infections in Gauteng, the provincial Health Department said on Thursday, as the number…
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2 Joburg new moms await DNA results after their babies were swopped at birth
The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed that two Johannesburg mothers are still awaiting DNA test results after maternity staff…
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Over 7 500 new Covid infections recorded in Gauteng
New coronavirus infections in Gauteng were just over 7 543 on Tuesday, the Gauteng Health Department said. On Monday, the…
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Blaze at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital laundry area contained
The Gauteng health department has confirmed that a small fire that broke out at a laundry area at Chris Hani…
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GP activates 25 more vaccine sites as 3rd wave gathers momentum
The Gauteng Health Department has activated a further 25 sites as it ramps up its COVID-19 vaccination drive in the…
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UDM’s Bantu Holomisa questions R40 million worth of PPE burnt in hospital fire
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has questioned claims by the Gauteng department of health that an estimated R40 million worth of…
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Cause of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire still being probed, says dept
Questions are still being asked on Monday about the cause of the fire at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg…
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Charlotte Maxeke Hospital fire: Patients evacuated as firefighters battle blaze
Scores of patients are being evacuated from the Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg as firefighters from across the Gauteng province…
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Some doctors in Gauteng still waiting for January salaries
Several doctors and medical support staff in Gauteng have not been paid their January Salaries. According to the South African…
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PPE destroyed in fire at Carletonville Hospital
An unconfirmed amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed by fire at the Carletonville Hospital. The blaze broke…
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This is how SA provinces plan to roll-out the Covid-19 vaccine
South Africa has identified herd immunity as the best solution in dealing with the pandemic and the government intends to…
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Heavy downpours cause flooding at Leratong Hospital
The Leratong Hospital in Krugersdorp has been affected by flooding following heavy downpours on Friday night. The Gauteng Health Department…
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Gauteng health dept blames medicines shortage on lockdown restrictions
The Gauteng health department has attributed the shortages of medication in its facilities to the lack of active pharmaceutical ingredients…
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Burst pipe at Helen Joseph Hospital causing water issues
According to the province’s health spokesperson, Kwara Kekana, Jojo tanks have been dispatched to the hospital. Maintenance staff at Helen…
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Gauteng residents urged not to fear nearby quarantine facilities
Gauteng’s health department on Monday moved to allay fears of citizens living near quarantine sites that they are not at…
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COVID-19 – Recoveries approach 2 000 as 30 die in Gauteng
Gauteng has recorded more than 1,900 recoveries from Covid-19 while the death toll stood at 30, the provincial health department…
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COVID-19 – 53 workers at AngloGold Ashanti Mponeng mine test positive
Fifty-three employees at the AngloGold Ashanti Mponeng mine in Carletonville, on the west rand, have tested positive for the Coronavirus.…
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Patricia de Lille raps Gauteng health over the knuckles for diverting repatriates
‘They should have at least had the courtesy to tell us that they were taking 180 people, then we would…
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Gauteng patient with coronavirus in critical condition
One of the 13 people diagnosed with the coronavirus (Covid-19) in South Africa is in a critical condition, according to…
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