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Union stops its nurses from escorting patients

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The provincial branch of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) is stopping its members from escorting patients from one health care facility to another. The union said its members had been exploited and overworked for too long, with the Health Department “dragging its feet” on employing paramedics qualified to handle referrals and transfers. Mandla..
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Vrou sterf wat glo in Warmbad- provinsiale hospitaal laat val is

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Die kankerpasiënt wat verlede week glo deur verpleegsters op die vloer laat val is in die Bela-Bela (Warmbad)- provinsiale hospitaal, is Maandagmiddag dood. Charmaine Caldwell (48) is omstreeks 13:10 dood, sê Leonie Brooks, haar suster. Caldwell is verlede Maandag per ambulans na die hospitaal geneem toe haar toestand verswak het. Haar familie was geskok toe..
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Discovery Health recovers R568m through fraud-control activities in 2017

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According to Discovery Health CEO, Dr Jonathan Broomberg, efforts to curb fraud in the healthcare system resulted in R568m recovered on behalf of client schemes in 2017, compared to R405m in 2016. Further, fraud-control activities in which health professionals and others contemplating fraud desist from committing fraud in reaction to visible policing and action by..
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Bejaarde dame van 90 glo mishandel by Residentia Palmoord Ouetehuis

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Die 90-jarige bejaarde se bene was vol blou kolle en merke toe haar vriendin haar uit die Residentia Palmoord Ouetehuis verwyder het. Personeel van die ouetehuis het dit glo nie behandel nie. Vriende van ’n 90-jarige vrou wat vir drie jaar in Residentia Palmoord Ouetehuis gebly het, het agterdogtig begin raak toe sy drasties agteruit..
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Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal al 2 jaar sonder vaste uitvoerende hoof

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Die Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal in Soweto het al die afgelope twee jaar nie ’n vaste uitvoerende hoof nie. Die vorige hoof, dr. Sandile Mfenyana, is volgens Jack Bloom, DA-woordvoerder vir gesondheid in Gauteng, sonder verduideliking deur Qedani Mahlangu, voormalige Gautengse LUR vir gesondheid, verwyder. Bloom sê dr. Sifiso Maseko, die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, is al..
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Hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid bedank na 143 sterftes

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Die geskorste hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid, dr. Barney Selebano, het bedank. Dit was hy wat die oorplasing van pasiënte goedgekeur het vanuit die Life Esidimeni fasiliteit na ongeregistreerde fasiliteite. Die oorplasing het gelei tot 143 pasiënte se dood. Tydens Selebano se aanstelling, het Jack Bloom van die DA Selebano se lof besing..
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Private healthcare in SA – continued decline and a solution

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We entered 2017 reeling from a series of double-digit medical insurance premium hikes. It was becoming clear that schemes are in trouble; undercut by unregulated, selective insurance products and forced into tighter and tighter modes of managing care delivered. We were facing an affordability crisis then – that, without serious systematic change, schemes will be..
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Young nurses reject last-minute cancellation of nurses intake in 2018 by Gauteng health department

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The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) has rejected the “abrupt, irresponsible” decision by the Gauteng health department to cancel the intake of student nurses at some Gauteng nursing colleges. Prospective student nurses were scheduled to commence their four-year training programme leading to a diploma in nursing – general, community, psychiatry, and midwifery – from..
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Put THIS Mixture Under Your Tongue Before Bed And NEVER Wake Up Tired Again!

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Sleep may be an everyday activity, but very few people give it much thought. Even those who suffer from sleep loss may think that’s it’s quite normal. The truth is that sleep plays a big role in overall health, and getting too much or too little can have a huge impact on your well-being. So..
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Newborn babies are the worst affected by Listeriosis outbreak

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The South African government on Monday announced a range of interventions in the health sector in a bid to protect the population, particularly newborn babies, from a listeriosis epidemic which has killed 61 so far. “When we view statistics of affected people, we note that of all the vulnerable groups, neonates [newborn babies within first..
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