Hospitals


When nurses go bad

Sara Gon | 20 November 2015 Sara Gon on the problem of the abuse of patients at public hospitals Unimaginable Pain of Labour ‘Absolutely heartbreaking’ was how patients, at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child…


The lies, the truth & the Letaba Hospital

14 March 2016   ‹› What really happened between September 2014, when the psychiatric ward at the Letaba Hospital was gutted by a devastating fire, and January 2016? We decided to investigate further, after government…


Plan for Cuban doctors to train SA students

Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIA MEC for Health in KwaZulu-Natal Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo. Photo: Gcina Dwalane/Daily News NEWS/SOUTH-AFRICA/KWAZULU-NATAL /  15 March 2016 at 20:52pm By: ANA Reporter Pietermaritzburg – KwaZulu-Natal’s health MEC Sibongiseni Dhomo has asked the national…


From R290m to R1.8bn to build mental hospital

Sipho Masondo2015-08-03 11:00 Psychiatric Hospital outside Kimberley that is standing still as construction has stopped leaving the multi million rand intitution incomplete. Picture:Emile Hendricks/Foto24 The construction of the Kimberley Mental Hospital, which is expected to…



R2.2m tender; zero equipment

Poloko Tau2015-08-10 11:02 Hospital laundry cleaned by the staff of Mphefhedzi Business Enterprise covers washing lines Related Links From R290m to R1.8bn to build mental hospital Public Protector asked to investigate R52.5 million lease Company…




Health services in South Africa:

A basic introduction Kerry Cullinan Health-e News Service January 2006 Table of contents Context Primary Health Care – Background – Norms and standards Hospital services – Background – Levels of hospitals – District hospitals (level1)…