Hospitals across the Western Cape were under “severe pressure” on Sunday due to a sharp increase in patients with severe Covid-19. The provincial health department said in a statement that a steep increase in non Covid-19 trauma cases was…
An extra 1‚516 people were admitted in Gauteng hospitals in just 24 hours‚ the provincial government confirmed on Monday. In the same period‚ from Saturday to Sunday‚ 64 deaths were recorded. Spokesperson Kwara Kekana said on Monday that…
This week’s booze binge has set SA back in its fight against Covid-19.Across the country, a massive surge of people in hospital emergency rooms with alcohol-related injuries has put additional strain on health-care numbers and filled up…
The Eastern Cape government plans to transform the old Mthatha Airport hangars, Buffalo City Stadium and a number of other state properties into isolation and quarantine sites. This was revealed on Tuesday by provincial health head Dr…
The Eastern Cape health department has been brought to its knees by a crippling stand-off between senior officials and unions, whose members are accused of “doing what they like” despite rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in the province.…
A 24-year old doctor was attacked while she was on call at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein on June 4 2019. The attacker shoved his tongue into her mouth but she fought back and bit the man’s tongue off. She escaped unharmed but the…
