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Critics raise alarm over leadership issues at Gauteng health department

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Gauteng, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, InFocus, Latest, Provinces, Spotlight

Several opposition politicians and commentators have flagged what appears to be chronic leadership problems at the Gauteng Department of Health. Ufrieda Ho reports.

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Critics raise alarm over leadership issues at Gauteng health department

Funding shortfall and poor roads to blame for ambulance woes, says Eastern Cape Health Dept

Posted in: Eastern Cape, Latest

Some residents in the Eastern Cape have been left frustrated by delays or outright lack of response by Emergency Medical Services in the province. This is in part caused by a chronic shortage of ambulances and paramedics. Recent labour disputes have further complicated the situation. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports.

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Funding shortfall and poor roads to blame for ambulance woes, says Eastern Cape Health Dept

Questions asked as Gauteng Health sources food from Limpopo

Posted in: Gauteng, Latest, Limpopo

The Gauteng Department of Health has struggled this year to ensure that patients in the province’s hospitals always have the food they need. Now a decision to source food for Gauteng hospitals via a government contract in Limpopo is raising eyebrows. Thabo Molelekwa reports.

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Questions asked as Gauteng Health sources food from Limpopo

NHI lawmakers: Face to Face with DA MP Michele Clarke

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, NHI

Michele Clarke recently took over the reins from Siviwe Gwarube as the Democratic Alliance’s health spokesperson and is no stranger to the hotbed of parliamentary politics. Bienne Huisman sat down with her to discuss taking up her new role amid ongoing deliberations on the NHI Bill in Parliament.

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NHI lawmakers: Face to Face with DA MP Michele Clarke

Frustration and confusion following North West hospital closure

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, Latest, North West, Provinces

The sudden closure of Thusong District Hospital in the North West has left healthcare workers and patients confused and frustrated with some patients still turning up at the hospital gates, not knowing where to go for medication and other healthcare services. Nthusang Lefafa reports.

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Frustration and confusion following North West hospital closure

The DA’s alternative health plan for South Africa: Yes or No?

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Latest, Sections, Spotlight

By Di Caelers – There’s no arguing that South Africans, especially the poorest of the poor, have a Constitutional right to access healthcare services.

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The DA’s alternative health plan for South Africa: Yes or No?

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