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

By Luvuyo Mehlwana, December 4, 2020

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.

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

COVID-19: Innovating and adapting at Zithulele Hospital

By Tiyese Jeranji, October 1, 2020

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

With chronic health worker shortages and limited resources such as ventilators in rural public health facilities, how did Zithulele Hospital in OR Tambo District manage its COVID-19 cases? Tiyese Jeranji spoke to two doctors working at Zithulele about an innovative oxygen solution, infection control, and much more.

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