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.

Analysis: High turn-over in Health MECs continues

Posted in: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Latest, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape, Provinces, Western Cape

After the 2019 elections, new MECs for Health (provincial ministers) were appointed in four of South Africa’s nine provinces. Less than two years later, three of the four are no longer in their jobs, writes Marcus Low.

EMS and clinic woes continue for the people of Xhora Mouth in Eastern Cape

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Eastern Cape, Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health, Healthcare system, Latest, Provinces

It is more than a year since Spotlight visited the Xhora Mouth area in the Eastern Cape to report on the locals’ challenges in accessing health care services. Now, a year later, not much has changed. Luvuyo Mehlwana reports.