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Tekort aan menslike bronne kelder ANC-regime se Gesondheidsplan

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In ‘n verslag van die SA Health Review blyk dit dat die tekort aan menslike hulpbronne die ANC se droom van universele gesondheid dekking kelder. Die verslag toon dat veral die landelike areas ernstige tekorte het aan mediese beamptes.

Syfers toon dat soveel as 106,000 poste reeds in 2010 vakant was vir 14 kliniese gesondheidsprofessies.

Waar en hoe die staat die poste gaan vul is ‘n raaisel en die vermoede bestaan dat gekwalifiseerdes vanuit die buiteland ingevoer sal word om te verseker dat die blankes van Suid-Afrika nie aangestel word nie.

Deur: Die Vryburger

Hierdie berig weerspieël nie noodwendig die mening van SAUK-nuus nie.

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Verkeerde diagnose by Steve Biko- akademiese hospitaal ontaard in lewensgevaarlike kanker wat vrou se hele gesig skend

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’n Pretoriase vrou is in skok nadat haar “koorsblaar” in ’n lewensgevaarlike kanker ontaard het wat al groot dele van haar gesig geskend het.

Clara van Heerden (52), van Hermanstad in Pretoria-Wes, beskuldig die dokters van die Steve Biko- akademiese hospitaal dat hulle haar al sedert 2016 verkeerd gediagnoseer het.

Sy sê die dokters daar het aanhoudend gesê sy het ’n infeksie. Hulle het verskeie reekse antibiotika voorgeskryf, maar nooit ’n biopsie gedoen nie.

“Niks het gehelp nie,” sê sy. “Dit was die heeltyd net seer.”

En elke keer was die “koorsblaar” groter.

Sy sê sy is al sedert verlede jaar op ’n waglys om ’n biopsie te kry.

Sowat ’n maand gelede het sy dit met die finansiële hulp van ander in die private sektor laat doen.

Dr. Fritz Hoogendijk, ’n private kaak- en mondchirurg, het twee weke gelede vir haar die uitslag van die biopsie gegee: Sy het nog al die tyd kanker en nie ’n koorsblaar nie.

Clara
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Lyke in die gange, vlieë, bloed op die vloer en ’n oorweldigende stank is die gevolg van ’n sloerstaking by die Germiston-lykshuis in Gauteng

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Buite die lykshuis drom desperate groepies familielede saam om te wag vir ’n geliefde se lyk. Sodra die wind draai, tref die stank jou.

’n Man, wat anoniem wil bly, vertel sy broer is Maandag doodgeskiet in Vosloorus en hy het gekom om hom te kom haal. “Ons hoor by die ander families hier daar is lyke wat al twee weke hier binne lê.

“Wat nou gebeur, is jy moet die werkers omkoop om seker te maak jóú geliefde se lyk is volgende . . .”

Twee verskillende begrafnisondernemers, wat om professionele redes en hul gereelde kontak met dié lykshuis ook nie geïdentifiseer wil word nie, vertel aan Rapport die fasiliteit is chaoties.

Een staan saam met ’n pa in rou wat sy dogter se lyk ná twee weke kom haal, en vertel hy wéét as hy nou ingaan, sal sy al “groen” wees.

’n Ander ondernemer sê die werkers “gee eenvoudig nie om nie’’.

Werkers eis glo hoër lone en kla oor ’n tekort aan beskermende drag.

Dr. Paul Morule, uitvoerende
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Met sowat 7 miljoen mense wat HIV-positief is,is SA die grootste HIV draer in wêreld

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Met sowat 7 miljoen mense wat HIV-positief is, word dit die land met die hoogste aantal besmettings ter wêreld beskou.

In die afgelope week het politieke leiers, geneeshere en wetenskaplikes almal hulle mening gege oor die geweldige krisis, en is dit beklemtoon dat die stryd nie laat vaar kan word teen die gevaarlike virus nie.

Met di hoë syfer van tuberkulose in die land, wat nie voldoende aandag kry ni, word HIV besmette mense se agteruitgang soveel vinniger wanneer hull ook di tuberkulose moet bestry.

Regerings departemente in al die provinsies is gevra om meer te doen ter bestryding van die HIV besmetting, maar daar is ook diegene wat reken die kultuur en gedrag van mense moet verander alvorens die krisis afgeweer sal word.

Deur: Die Vryburger

Hierdie berig weerspieël nie noodwendig die mening van SAUK-nuus nie.

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Horrific photos from the children’s ward in a provincial hospital in Mpumalanga, Middelburg

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‘A Pathetic ANC Government; A Pathetic People; A Match Made in Hell’

These horrific photos are from the childrens ward in a provincial hospital in Mpumalanga, Middelburg

What does it say about black South Africans, when they sit back and allow their elected government to treat their sick, ailing and injured children like human detritus?

Where is the outrage?

This aptly describes the ridiculous lack of accountability the citizens of Mzansi have come to expect from their representatives in parliament.

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Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg

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Workers shut down the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg on Monday and Tuesday, turning away families who had come to fetch the bodies of loved ones.

Workers have been on a go-slow for two weeks, demanding a wage increase and better working conditions.

On Monday workers barricaded the road, blocking the mortuary gates with mortuary vans. Families who had come to collect the bodies of their loved ones were turned away.

“We are not allowing anyone to come in,” said one worker who did not want to be named. “None of the bodies are getting out or inside”, he said.

He said the workers had waited for MEC for health Sibongiseni Dhlomo to respond to their demands on Friday but he had not done so.

“They say the matter is being dealt with on a national level. We have decided to shut down the mortuary. The department has to respond,” he said.

Workers’ demands include the repair of air conditioners, better equipment and back pay.

“The condi
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Huge number of ‘medical legal claims’ against health departments – just another sheer sign that the NHI is doomed to failure

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The civil rights organisation AfriForum today expressed concern regarding the huge number of medical legal claims against provincial health departments.

Rapport yesterday reported that Kimi Makwetu, the Auditor General, concluded that these claims are much more in seven of the country’s provinces than the various departments’ industry budget for 2018/2019 and subsequently contain large risks for service delivery.

Dr Eugene Brink, AfriForum Spokesperson for health related matters, says these facts are extremely concerning. “These claims weren’t taken into consideration when the budget was compiled and successful claims will thus have to be paid from money that was intended for services. However, it is not only simply the number of negligence claims that is a matter of concern, but also huge amounts of irregular expenditure.

AfriForum recently particularly submitted criminal charges in all the provinces regarding this type of expenditure that amounted t
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Public hospitals in South Africa have become a death-trap for the poor

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Refiloe Nt’sekhe of the Democratic Alliance says that public hospitals have become a death-trap for the poor‚ says 

The party has produced this checklist of the top eight problems that it says require urgent intervention‚ following inspection visits to hospitals and clinics over the past month by DA provincial health spokespersons Jack Bloom MPL (Gauteng)‚ Dr Imran Keeka MPL (KwaZulu-Natal)‚ Dr Tutu Faleni MPL (North West) and Langa Bodlani MPL (Limpopo).

Here is a summary of their report:

1. Chronic staff shortages and long waiting times

All the facilities lacked staff in critical positions.

At the Bongani Hospital in the Free State‚ they found that the facility only had one nephrology Sister to attend to patients suffering from kidney diseases. This was despite health norms and standards indicating that hospitals should have nine.

While inspecting the Paediatric Ward in Taung District Hospital in North West‚ the DA fo
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Livingston Hospital: Dirty hospital linen in plastic bags is piling up and patients often have to bring their own linen from home when hospitalised

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The problem, which has been attributed to a broken washing machine and recent strike action at the hospital, has affected three hospitals – Livingstone, Dora Nginza and Provincial – as washing for all three hospitals is done at Livingstone.

Several plastic bags containing dirty linen are lying outside the laundry and while hospital management is trying to make contingency plans, the pile is growing.

Livingstone Hospital board member Pula Lonake said part of the problem could be attributed to recent strikes, with a change in hospital management also playing a role.

“One would expect some abnormality with the previous management going out. With new management in place we will be dealing with it and expect something to happen.

“We have the interest of patients at heart,” he said.

Lonake confirmed this had been the prevailing situation at the hospital for three weeks.

“It’s very unfortunate and needs to be dealt with.

“This matter need
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Staking by die San Michele-tehuis in Brakpan is vir eers opgeskort nadat een van die psigiatriese pasiënte dood is

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Die staking by die San Michele-tehuis in Brakpan is vir eers opgeskort nadat “een van die pasiënte dood is”, het Ellen Bodoza, woordvoerder van die National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (Nupsaw), gesê. Dié vakbond verteenwoordig die stakers.

Bodoza het Maandag gesê hul lede het by die tehuis vir psigiatriese en gestremde pasiënte gestaak en ’n 6%-loonverhoging geëis.

Die staking het Vrydag begin.

“Hoewel die loonverhoging deur die departement van gesondheid goedgekeur is, het die bestuur geweier om dit te aanvaar. Ons lede is vroeër ingelig oor die sterfte en die staking is intussen opgeskort,” sê Bodoza.

Sy kon nie bevestig of die werkers vandag sal terugkeer werk toe nie.

Intussen sê Marius Bosman, bestuurder van dié tehuis vir psigiatriese en gestremde pasiënt dat die stakers kan nie geblameer word vir die dood van die pasiënt  nie.

“Sy was verstandelik erg gestremd en op die oomblik wil ons nie te vinnig reag
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143 lykshuise se yskaste  funksioneer  nie meer behoorlik, hoe funksioneer die Gesondheid Departement as hul nie eers in staat is om yskaste in stand te hou?

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Die Minister van Gesondheid het by navraag in die parlement gesê dat meer as 143 lykshuise se yskaste nie “behoorlik funksioneer” nie terwyl sommiges reeds tien jaar disfunksioneel is.

In Sentraal Transvaal is daar in nege distrikte dertien yskaste wat nie werk nie terwyl die Odi Hospitaal in Pretoria drie yskaste het wat reeds 18 jaar lank nie werk nie.

In Noord Transvaal is ‘n totaal van 75 yskaste wat stukkend is en Oos Transvaal het 12 wat reeds ‘n jaar of langer stukkend is.

Deskundiges wil nou weet hoe kan ‘n Gesondheid departement funksioneer as hul nie eers in staat is om yskaste in stand te hou nie.

Dit is immers die mense wat ‘n Nasionale Gesondheid Wet wil implementeer, word geredeneer.

Deur: Die Vryburger

Hierdie berig weerspieeel nie noodwending die mening van SAUK-nuus nie.

 

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This is what the ANC-government did to SA’s health care! – Cancer patients in KZN must wait up to six months for mammogram screening

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Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo is on record calling for people to get screened for early detection of cancers.

And late last month, the national and provincial health departments launched a cancer campaign to educate people that many cancers were preventable or could be “successfully” treated through early detection and timeous treatment.

However, more concerns about the KwaZulu-Natal oncology crisis have been raised by advocacy groups after revelations that the waiting period for a mammogram screening is currently more than six months.

At least four women have told the Daily News that they will undergo screening between May 9 and 16 next year. Three said they had gone to uMlazi’s Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital “some months ago” concerned about lumps in their breasts, and to their shock were told to return in May next year for mammograms.

The fourth woman had since been told at Port Shepstone Regional Hospital that she had cancer.

Mammogra
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Disastrous ANC has no cure for poor healthcare in the Free State

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The ANC has no cure for the sickly state of health care in the Free State. Year after year the Auditor General (AG) diagnoses the Free State Department of Health with a serious case of poor leadership, mismanagement and maladministration. Year after year, the people of the Free State see no improvement in health care.

The AG’s audit outcome for the Department for the period of 2017 to 2018 indicates:

Irregular expenditure of R820 million (R596 million in 2016-2017).
Fruitless expenditure of R3,1 million (R900 000 in 2016-2017).
Unauthorised expenditure of R141 million (R68 million in 2016-2017).

An example of the poor management is the Department’s appointment of a local service provider that was outsourced to address health care challenges. The service provider was supposed to use the Department’s mobile clinics to focus on efficiency, coverage, specialisation and value for money.

The service provider was paid R24 million (R945 per patient) to do t
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SA’s medical health in shambles – 21 Patients still missing after the devastating Life Esidimeni tragedy that occurred in 2015

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Twenty-one mental health patients who were part of the individuals transferred from Life Esidimeni healthcare facility to illegal NGOs are still missing.

In 2015, former Gauteng MEC of Health Qedani Mahlangu terminated a contract with the private hospital, saying it has become expensive to keep them there.

This resulted in 144 patients losing their lives.

The Democratic Alliance’s Jack Bloom says it is worrying that they have not been found after they have been missing for so long.

“The MEC for health has said that the Special Investigating Unit has been brought in to investigate. I think this is very good because some of these patients could’ve died at these NGOs and be secretly buried.”

Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Gauteng MEC, Lesemang Matuka, says the department is concerned and it is pleading with the public to assist them in finding the patients.

“We once again call on the members of our communities or anyone who might have infor
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Medical facility under investigation after two babies die in mysterious circumstances at Shongwe Hospital, Mpumalanga

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The Mpumalanga health department on Tuesday said it launched an internal investigation into the deaths of two babies, who died at Shongwe Hospital in Nkomazi after they were born prematurely.

Department spokesperson Dumisani Malamule told the African News Agency (ANA) that the babies died on Monday night.

“There were suspicions at the beginning that the babies died due to a lack of oxygen, but we called in a company which established that the oxygen was enough,” said Malamule.

“The babies died in a ward of babies who were born prematurely and no one has been suspended. The outcome of the investigation will give us an idea on whether an action must be taken. If the investigation reveals that the deaths were due to a human error, a criminal case will also be opened with the police.”

Malamule could not immediately reveal the ages of the dead babies nor disclose whether they were twins. He said the member of the executive council (MEC) for health, Sasek
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