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Limpopo health MEC Phophi Ramathuba congratulates a mother who gave birth amid a power outage and storm at Jane Furse Hospital.Image: Limpopo health department
BORN

Nine babies born ‘by cellphone lights’ as storm closes Limpopo hospital

As heavy storms wreaked havoc in the Limpopo region on Thursday, nine babies were born in a dark Jane Furse Hospital. “There was no electricity and the generator had been struck by lightning, so some women in labour were being assisted by…

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The Human Rights Commission’s Buang Jones described the conditions at the hospital as “disastrous”.Image: 123RF/sam74100
HUMANRIGHTS

52 babies stay in neonatal unit where six died after Klebsiella outbreak

The South African Human Rights Commission was shocked to discover that 52 babies are still in the neonatal unit of a hospital where an outbreak of Klebsiella has killed six infants. Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Sunday that…

  • Ntombi Msutu Msutu