Posts tagged with 'healthcare'

 

Brand by Groote Schuur-hospitaal eis lewe van pasiënt

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’n Brand in een van die sale in Groote Schuur-hospitaal het die lewe van een van die pasiënte geëis. Alaric Jacobs, woordvoerder van die hospitaal, het Maandagoggend bevestig daar was Sondagaand omstreeks 22:00 ’n brand in saal G17 by dié hospitaal. Hy sê die saal is ontruim, maar ongelukkig is een van die manspasiënte (63)..
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Is dental healthcare as affordable and accessible as it should be?

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Oral health is essential to optimal overall health and minimising the probability of developing serious oral health conditions or infections in future. Yet, besides the fear factor, why are so many people reluctant to visit the dentist? “The underlying factors here include resources, socio-economic circumstances, accessibility and education.” “One of the biggest culprits for keeping..
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Familie word van bakpoort na stuurpoort gestuur by Steve Biko Hospitaal na seun se ongeluk

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Die Steve Biko Akademiese Hospitaal is weereens onder die vergrootglas geplaas nadat nog klagtes na vore gekom het. ’n Familie van die Moot sê die hospitaal was nalatig nadat ’n geliefde verlede Woensdag in die hospitaal opgeneem is. Jayden Pieterse (27) is in die hospitaal opgeneem nadat hy in ’n verskeersongeluk betrokke was. Die ongeluk..
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Natal gesondheid in gemors

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Die Natalse Gesondheidsdepartement sit reeds twee jaar sonder ‘n finansiële hoof. Die departement sê dat hulle hul bes doen om die pos te vul. Die vraag is nou wie intussen omsien na die finansiële kontrole van die departement? Ten spyte van verskeie pogings en advertering van die pos is daar nog niemand aangestel nie. Waarnemers..
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Bejaarde man wat 15 dae lank op ’n noodoperasie gewag het, sterf

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Die Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement ontken enige aandadigheid aan die dood van ’n pasiënt wat 15 dae lank op ’n noodoperasie gewag het. Frederick Thiart (77) van Edenburg is 14 Desember dood, twee dae nadat sy been geamputeer is. Thiart, ’n diabeet, het met erge pyn en gangreen in sy een been in die Pelonomi-hospitaal in Bloemfontein..
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Health official organised hitmen to kill Soweto hospital CEO

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An official of the Gauteng department of health has been convicted of conspiring to commit murder, Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa said. Briefing the media in Midrand, Ramokgopa said Zandi Qwabe, a clerk at the Bheki Mlangeni Regional Hospital in Soweto, had organised hitmen to have the CEO and the labour relations manager of the hospital..
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Kankerondersoeke se koste kan styg ná Pelindaba-probleme

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Pelindaba se vervaardigingsaanleg van radioaktiewe produkte vir mediese gebruik is steeds nie in bedryf nie nadat dit twee ­weke gelede weens ’n probleem met die waterstofreguleringstelsel gesluit is. Daarom word alle radioaktiewe molibdeen- en jodiumprodukte wat in die diagnose en behandeling van kanker en ander siektetoestande gebruik word, van die buiteland af ingevoer. Die prys..
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Bloemfonteinse man wag 15 dae op noodoperasie

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’n Bejaarde man wat vir 15 dae in erge pyn met gangreen weens diabetes in sy een been in die Pelonomi-hospitaal in Bloemfontein op ’n noodoperasie gewag het, is uiteindelik Dinsdagmiddag teater toe. Frederick Thiart (77) van Edenburg in die Vrystaat is met sere aan sy regterbeen deur ’n dokter na ’n chirurg by die..
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10 reasons why medical malpractice is threatening SA healthcare

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According to an Econex survey commissioned by the Hospital Association of South Africa (Hasa) in 2015, there were just 60 doctors per 100,000 people in 2013; whereas the world average is 152. The emigration of healthcare professionals adds to South Africa’s doctor shortage – a situation which is placing the country’s entire healthcare system at..
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Latest accreditations of hospitals and clinics from the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa

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The healthcare facilities listed in the table below have been awarded accreditation by the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA), a not-for-profit company (NPC) based in Cape Town. A COHSASA accreditation award means the healthcare organisations have entered a rigorous quality improvement programme and have been assessed against, and comply with, standards..
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