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3 people seriously injured after suspected blast at Malmesbury feed manufacturing plant
Three people have been seriously injured after a suspected explosion at a feed manufacturing plant in Malmesbury on the west…
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Outrage after alleged GBV attack at private student residence in Cape Town
There has been wide condemnation following a horrific stabbing incident at a private student residence in Cape Town. It’s alleged…
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Female student from CPUT rushed to hospital after res stabbing
A Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) student was rushed to Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape on Saturday morning…
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Groote Schuur Hospital unveils cutting-edge machine to treat cancer patients
Groote Schuur Hospital has unveiled a cutting-edge machine to boost the facility’s capacity to treat cancer patients. The new linear…
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Western Cape’s Mbombo: Tough economic times in SA will impact public healthcare
Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo has highlighted the debilitating impact that the country’s struggling economy has on the provision…
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Western Cape govt & World Bank get into bed to boost province’s services and energy security
The Western Cape government said it penned a new agreement with the World Bank in a bid to improve the…
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Tygerberg Hospital’s paediatric healthcare gets a boost
Tygerberg Hospital’s capacity for specialised paediatric healthcare has been increased by upgrades. The Carte Blanche Making a Difference Trust handed…
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WC Health MEC Mbombo: COVID-19 created backlog in medical procedures
The COVID-19 pandemic put other health services on the backburner. Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo said that this resulted…
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4 die after taxi crashes into truck while changing lanes outside of Worcester
Two more people who were victims of the Kantevlei road accident have died, bringing the taxi and truck collision’s death…
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Tygerberg Hospital workers plead with the public to vaccinate
Healthcare workers at Tygerberg Hospital have pleaded with those who are eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to do so.…
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COVID-19: Experts warn elections could be a superspreader event
Stellenbosch University doctors warn the local government elections could become a COVID-19 super spreader event if people don’t get vaccinated…
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Woman forced to switch off life support of daughter who was shielded by dad from bullets
A Delft girl whose father was killed when he shielded her from gang gunfire has died in hospital. On Wednesday…
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WC Health Dept: Strict protocols in place for administering of J&J vaccine
The Western Cape Health Department said that strict protocols were guiding the administration of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines as…
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City of CT public health facilities welcome 127 New Year’s babies
The City of Cape Town welcomed 127 New Year’s babies at public health facilities, with being 64 are girls and…
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WC Health and Home Affairs working to speed up release of bodies for burial
The Western Cape Health Department said that it was working with the Home Affairs Department to speed up the process…
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Mboweni and Nomafrench Mbombo clash over Tygerberg Hospital
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo have been embroiled in a war of words over…
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Cape Town fire crew save 2-week-old baby’s life
Crew members from the Belhar fire station in Cape Town are being lauded for their swift response to a possibly…
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Cape Town woman dies in shack fire
The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call at 07:40 about an informal structure that…
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4 departments at Tygerberg Hospital closed due to COVID-19 concerns
Four clinical departments at the Tygerberg Hospital have been closed for sanitization. This comes after the Department of Employment and…
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Parts of Tygerberg Hospital shut down
One of the largest dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in South Africa has had its entire kitchen and three other areas shut…
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Zweli Mkhize receives ventilator machines donated to SA by the US
Health minister Zweli Mkhize will on Saturday receive ventilator machines donated to SA by the US to help in the…
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Tygerberg Hospital called to shut down
Two unions are calling for Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape to shut its doors. They claim the hospital is…
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Cleaner claims they were told to use bleach to sanitise ward at Tygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town said on Tuesday that it followed provincial health guidelines on decontamination after a cleaner reportedly…
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Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust appeal for toiletries to assist moms
The Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust has appealed to the public to urgently support mothers in the Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)…
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Tygerberg Hospital gets new COVID-19 screening and triage centre
A newly constructed screening and triage centre at Tygerberg Hospital will see better management of patients arriving for COVID-19 testing.…
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Plans to split Tygerberg Hospital draws flak
Opposition parties have questioned the seriousness behind the announcement that the provincial department of health will soon embark on replacing…
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Tygerberg Hospital sets up coronavirus isolation unit
Thirteen people in the country are receiving treatment for the virus. Tygerberg Hospital has set up a coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation…
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Student in critical condition after falling from second floor
A Stellenbosch University student is in a critical condition in hospital after she fell from the second floor of her…
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A 22-year-old mother gives birth to healthy quadruplets
It was an “exceptional occurrence in any health system”. That is how the Western Cape Government described a 22-year-old mother…
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