Dozens of health care workers braved the rain to protest outside Livingstone hospital in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, demanding to meet health minister Zweli Mkhize. According to The Herald, the group sang several songs, including one…
Poor standards of hygiene, shortages of staff and a surge in Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape sparked concerns among the public and opposition parties who called for the provincial health department to be put under administration. The…
From Timeslive.co.za NOMAZIMA NKOSI Though the question of whether the Eastern Cape health department should be placed under administration has come up in parliament, health minister Zweli Mkhize says he is “not yet there”. Mkhize, who…
Patients being turned away at the casualty unit, rubbish piling up in the passages and staff on a go-slow. This was the situation at Livingstone Hospital on Friday as tensions lasting several weeks between unions and hospital management…
A dispute between unions and management at Livingstone and Provincial hospitals in Port Elizabeth has now trickled down to affect patients‚ with some turned away over the past few days. A doctor at the Provincial Hospital‚ who asked not…
