Student nurses at Ann Latsky Nursing College in Johannesburg are protesting over the non-delivery of books four months into the academic year.
The nurses union, Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) has again called on Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to intervene and resolve the protest by student nurses over non-delivery of books
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Denosa wants Motsoaledi’s intervention in nursing students’ protest
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Doctors of Malamulele Hospital strike for better working conditions
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The doctors at Malamulele Hospital in Limpopo downed their tools on Tuesday in protest for proper working conditions.
Demands include the reinstatement of sectional doctors, water in the hospital, X-ray machines and an apology from the MEC of Health in Limpopo, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, regarding a statement she made on a radio station
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8 New Listriosis cases reported in Western Cape
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This brings the total to 121 cases in the province since a countrywide outbreak was first reported last year. Twenty-nine people have died in the Cape from the food-borne disease.
CAPE TOWN – The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says eight more listeriosis cases have been picked up in the Western Cape
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Seven more samples from Enterprise test positive for listeriosis
Listerioses claims 3 more lives, death toll now at 183
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The listeriosis outbreak has been linked to Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken products which are now being recalled at all stores
JOHANNESBURG – The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has urged health workers to continue to be vigilant for Listeria symptoms after three more people died.
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The doors of Limpopo’s Enterprise factory in Polokwane remain shut after the health department confirmed on Sunday that the source of a listeriosis outbreak had been traced back to the facility.
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After a two hour meeting on Monday, management told workers that the factory would be closed until further notice.
Consumers who had gathered outside the factory’s shop on the outskirts of the CBD, to return affected products, expressed concern that they would not be refunded after they found a notice stating the premises would stay closed.
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Manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods, Tiger Brands, today refused to take responsibility for the outbreak of food-borne listeriosis in the country
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Manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods, Tiger Brands, today refused to take responsibility for the outbreak of food-borne listeriosis in the country, denying any direct links between the deaths of 180 people and its products.
At a press conference in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon, Tiger Brands chief executive Laurence MacDoughall said that consumer safety was of paramount importance to the company, hence it had decided to embark on a voluntary recall of its products as part of corrective steps in response to the health department identifying processed meats as one of the sources of the food-borne virus.
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A DECADE LATER AND OVER BUDGET BUT KIMBERLEY MENTAL HOSPITAL IS FINISHED
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Its a decade behind schedule and cost more than six times more that originally planned, but Kimberley Mental Hospital will finally be completed next month, Northen Cape officials assured MPs on Thuesday. Construction on the 286-bed hospital began in 2006. It was originally supposed to be handed over to the Northern Cape health department in 2008‚..
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Natal gesondheid in gemors
Bejaarde man wat 15 dae lank op ’n noodoperasie gewag het, sterf
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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Departement sloer met plasings vir gesondheidspraktisyns
Gross negligence after patient’s body found hanging after three days
Durban government hospitals are a shambles
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Four Durban public hospitals -Prince Mshiyeni Memorial, Mahatma Gandhi, Addington and King Edward VIII – are ailing, with some critical management positions occupied by people with no relevant qualifications. This was revealed in a damning report by a Ministerial Task Team which was set up by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi to investigate these facilities..
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