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Health services in the Eastern Cape: What changed since the last elections?

Posted in: #Vote4Health, Access to Medicines, Eastern Cape, Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, InFocus, Latest, Spotlight

Luvuyo Mehlwana looks back at the performance of public healthcare services in the Eastern Cape over the last five years – a term characterised by leadership instability, infrastructure problems, financial short-falls, and of course the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health services in the Eastern Cape: What changed since the last elections?

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.