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Access to sufficient colostomy bags still hit-and-miss at Gauteng hospitals

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

Six months after Spotlight first reported on the plight of stoma patients experiencing shortages of colostomy and urostomy bags at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Gauteng, users are still reporting shortages at Baragwanath and other hospitals in the province. Thabo Molelekwa reports.

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Access to sufficient colostomy bags still hit-and-miss at Gauteng hospitals

In-depth: What is behind the massive cataract surgery backlogs in Gauteng?

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, Provinces

As World Sight Day approaches on 14 October, Gauteng faces the damning reality that thousands of cataract patients are waiting up to two years to receive the simple life-changing surgery. Ufrieda Ho reports.

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In-depth: What is behind the massive cataract surgery backlogs in Gauteng?

IN-FOCUS: How to protect hospitalised infants from dangerous germs

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest

Outbreaks of hospital-acquired infections such as Klebsiella have claimed the lives of infants and made headlines on a number of occasions over the last decade. Tiyese Jeranji looks at how the germs involved spread, how common these infections are, and what can be done to prevent outbreaks.

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IN-FOCUS: How to protect hospitalised infants from dangerous germs

Fewer baby deaths at Leratong hospital: This is how they did it

Posted in: Child health, Gauteng, Latest

Amidst concerns over rising neonatal deaths in some health facilities in Gauteng, at least one hospital, Leratong Hospital, has a good story to tell.

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Fewer baby deaths at Leratong hospital: This is how they did it

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