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All services at Tembisa Hospital are fully operational, says Gauteng Health MEC Nkomo-Ralehoko
All services at Tembisa Hospital are fully operational following a fire at the facility’s accident and emergency unit over the…
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Festive season: Gauteng Health Dept to unveil state of readiness
Festive season: Gauteng Health Dept to unveil state of readiness! The Gauteng Department of Health is gearing up for the…
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Call for Gauteng Health MEC to urgently intervene at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Call for Gauteng Health MEC to urgently intervene at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital! The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa…
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Gauteng Health: Over R1 million of the R3.9 million unlawfully paid to 7 Cuban doctors recovered
The Gauteng Department of Health said it had recovered over R1 million of the R3.9 million unlawfully paid to seven…
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MEC Maile reveals Gauteng Health Dept sitting with over R18 billion in litigation fees
An exorbitant bill of R18 billion in litigation fees at the Gauteng Department of Health is adding further strain to…
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Gauteng Health on mission to revamp hospitals
Gauteng Health says it’s working to improve conditions at its public facilities. MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko was reacting to conditions at…
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Food poisoning is on the rise in Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Health has urged parents and caregivers to be more vigilant with their children, as more and…
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Gauteng Health MEC ordered to pay R850K to elderly woman for botched knee surgery
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has been ordered to pay R850,000 in damages to a 64-year-old woman after the court…
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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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Health workers union says healthcare internships move is a desperate attempt to win votes
The recent announcement regarding temporary employment 1,120 healthcare interns has received criticism from the Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade…
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Health Dept reveals over 400 New Year’s babies born across South Africa
A total of 411 New Year’s babies were born across South Africa. Gauteng led the pack, with more than 110…
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Gauteng Health Dept concerned about high number of suicide attempts on New Year’s Eve
Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has raised concerns over the increasing rate of suicide attempts across the…
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Gauteng Health MEC to welcome babies born on New Year’s day
With the dawn of 2024, Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko will welcome the new babies born in…
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Nurse says some colleagues still not healed from Boksburg blast
A matron who was on duty at the Tambo Memorial Hospital on the day of the Boksburg explosion said nurses…
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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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There’s hope that those in hospital will recover – Gauteng Health MEC on Joburg fire victims
Gauteng Health MEC, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has provided an update on those injured in yesterday’s building fire in the Joburg CBD.…
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Gauteng Health MEC: No backlog & no issues at Far East Rand Hospital mortuary
The Gauteng member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, said there was an improvement in the effectiveness…
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Gauteng Health Dept to crack down on delayed release of bodies from mortuaries
The Gauteng Department of Health has established a provincial task team to address the backlog in the release of corpses…
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Over 7 000 infections reported at Gauteng hospitals
Nearly 7,500 patients picked up an infection in Gauteng’s public hospitals, in the last year. In addition, this has been…
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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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Victims of Joburg explosion show no symptoms of gas inhalation
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has visited hospitalized people who suffered injuries during the massive explosion in Joburg CBD, which…
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Gauteng residents urged to refrain from damaging medical facilities during protests
Gauteng residents have been urged to refrain from damaging medical facilities during service delivery protests. Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko…
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Gauteng Health MEC: Appointment of Rahima Moosa Hospital CEO at advanced stage
Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says work to implement the health ombudsman’s recommendations on the Rahima Moosa…
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50 000 babies delivered at Tembisa Hospital in the past 3 years
The Gauteng Department of Health says over the past three years, the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital’s (TPTH) neonatal and maternity…
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Ramokgopa: Govt considering solutions to mitigate load shedding at hospitals
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the government is committed to ensuring there’s a sufficient electricity supply to hospitals during load…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgoba says new powers will help him end load shedding
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Saturday said the new powers given to him by President Cyril Ramaphosa will give him…
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Gauteng Health MEC has faith Minister Ramokgopa can help end power cuts at hospitals
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said she believes that interventions by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will assist to avert load…
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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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SA cholera: 10 more cases confirmed
Seventeen people have died from Cholera in South Africa, the Department of Health reported on Wednesday. The department added that…
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Denosa calls for inquiry following cholera outbreak
Denosa says the City of Tshwane must be held responsible for the deaths in Hammanskraal. It says the government needs…
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More wards to accommodate cholera patients
Ten people have died in Hammanskraal due to a cholera outbreak. Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko confirmed the death toll…
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Cholera patients in critical condition
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says all 37 patients being treated for cholera at Jubilee Hospital are in critical condition.…
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Gauteng Health MEC encourages proper hand hygiene amid cholera outbreak
As South Africa joined the global community in observing World Hand Hygiene Day on Friday, the Gauteng MEC for Health…
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MEC: Bara’s cold storage capacity not enough to keep up with food demands
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said that the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital did not have enough cold storage capacity…
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Gauteng health department blames spike in STIs on shortage of condoms
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says s.e.xually transmitted infections have spiked in the province due to a shortage of condoms.…
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Health MEC: Gauteng to receive over 200 more emergency vehicles
Gauteng will have access to over 200 new emergency vehicles. Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said the addition to the provincial…
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Gauteng Health MEC calls for more centres to support autistic children
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says more centres of excellence should be built to support children with autism. This is…
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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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Gauteng Health MEC condemns attack on nurse at Helen Joseph Hospital
Gauteng’s Health and Wellness MEC, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, has condemned the attack on a nurse at Helen Joseph Hospital. It’s understood…
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Over 938 unclaimed bodies in Gauteng mortuaries
The Gauteng health department says it has more than 938 bodies across its mortuaries in the province. The department says…
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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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Saudi Arabia conveys condolences to SA after Boksburg explosion
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has conveyed its condolences to South Africa following the deadly Boksburg gas tanker explosion. Ten…
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Minister Phaahla to assess damage to Tambo Hospital caused by Boksburg blast
Health Minister Joe Phaahla has joined Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko at the site of the Boksburg truck explosion that…
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Security at Baragwanath Hospital being reviewed, says Health MEC
Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says they’re reviewing current security arrangements at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. This follows a…
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Tembisa Hospital can’t turn back patients, says Health MEC
A video that was trending on social media recently showed a man lying on the floor of Tembisa Hospital with…
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Gauteng Health MEC: Tembisa Hospital video was taken out of context
The Gauteng Department of Health confirmed that the video circulating on social media showing a patient sleeping on the floor,…
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Gauteng MEC pleads for paramedics to be protected to allow them to attend to emergencies
Gauteng MEC for Health Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has urged residents to protect Emergency Management Services (EMS) and paramedics to ensure better…
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Panyaza Lesufi: Safety & security set to get bigger budget to fight against crime
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the safety and security portfolio in the province is set to get a bigger budget…
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Gauteng’s new Premier Panyaza Lesufi announces changes to his cabinet
Newly elected Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi on Friday announced sweeping changes to his executive. The changes came a day after…
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Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko named Health MEC
Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi says the new executive council is one that represents skills, competency and a team where more…
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