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Nurses allegedly ‘ignored’ pleas for help as mom cradled dead infant after suffering a miscarriage, while nurses pay no attention to her and ate their cereal at Groote Schuur Hospital

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The Western Government Health Department will be investigating a young mother’s claims that she nearly bled to death after suffering a miscarriage, while nurses ignored her and ate their cereal at Groote Schuur Hospital.

The woman says she lay for seven hours in a heap of blood clots “the size of her fists”, while the dead baby lay between her legs.

Saadijah Samuels Abrahams, 28, of Bridgetown says nurses ignored her desperate cries for help and, afterwards, a cleaner dumped the foetus in a bin.

“I wrapped the baby inside tissue paper and left it at my bedside and when I came back, the nurse said she didn’t know what happened,” she says.

“When my husband was finally allowed inside the ward, he put on gloves and found the baby inside the bin. Can you imagine that? To find your baby inside a bin?”

Saadijah was 14 weeks pregnant with her second child and says she was excited to be giving birth in July.

However, on 13 January she started b
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One month later and still no surgery for elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries at Limpopo hospital – This is what happen when you cannot afford medical aid and you left in the care of government hospitals!

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Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.

An elderly woman who suffered extensive injuries during an accident exactly a month ago says she’s frustrated and disappointed that she’s still waiting for surgery in a Limpopo hospital.

Catherine Ugoda and her twin granddaughters were admitted to the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital on 22 December after the taxi they were travelling in crashed into a bakkie on the N1.

She says she was initially told she wouldn’t have surgery at the time because the majority of doctors were on leave.

The Limpopo Health Department says her operation is scheduled for Wednesday.

Ugoda says she would have left the hospital if she had money.

“I’ve been in this bed since 22 December. [Service] at [this] Limpopo hospital is very poor.”

Her twin granddaughters have already been discharged, bu
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Discovery klaarblyklik meer ingestel is op winsbejag as op dienslewering aan pasiënte – pasiënte wat by sekere hospitale inteken moet nou ‘n ekstra R5000 opdok

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Die mediese skema Discovery het op ‘n baie laat stadium aangekondig dat pasiënte wat by sekere hospitale inteken nou ‘n ekstra R5000 sal moet opdok of na ‘n goedgekeurde kliniek moet gaan.

Die reëling sal van 1 Februarie 2019 geld en doktors is glad nie gelukkig met die aankondiging nie.

Kenners wys daarop dat die mediese skema klaarblyklik meer ingestel is op winsbejag as op dienslewering aan pasiënte.

Sulke nuwe maatreëls word deur baie lede van die skema as onaanvaarbaar gevind, maar dit wil lyk of die bestuur en besluitnemers van Discovery doof geword het vir besware in die verband.

Deur: Die Vryburger
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Government health care system a disgrace – Elderly man from Sasolburg fear for his life after told to only come back to Boitumelo Regional Hospital in 2020 for much needed surgery

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A 61-year-old Sasolburg man has been left angered and fearing for his life after being told he has to wait until 2020 before he can have surgery at a hospital in Kroonstad to treat his debilitating condition.

Joseph Morake had already waited seven months for November 30, the initial date of surgery given to him in April this year at Boitumelo Regional Hospital to alleviate the severe swelling in his scrotum – a condition known as bilateral hydrocele.

“To my understanding, if left untreated, this swelling could lead to a hernia or even prostate cancer.

“I already had anxiety throughout the seven months waiting for the surgery meant for last month … At my age, it really isn’t easy. And the swelling was getting enormous, making it difficult for me to sit or even use the toilet,” Morake told City Press this week.

But to his surprise and horror, Morake said on the long-awaited date of surgery he and a group of about 14 other patients were “rudely d
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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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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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Man’s tumour misdiagnosed as a headache at Groote Schuur Hospital – told to take a tablet and go home

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A growing tumour eating into the nasal passage of a Mitchells Plain man was diagnosed as a headache by staff at Groote Schuur Hospital after he went to the trauma unit to get help for the pain. Faried Jassiem, who felt too ill to go to work, went to the trauma unit after he felt he would pass out, but he never saw a doctor.

Jassiem’s wife, Zaafirah Jassiem, said: “A male nurse said to him why do you just come here with a headache? They became abrupt with him and told him to take a tablet and go home. They gave him a referral letter for Mitchells Plain Day Hospital.

“Sick as he was, and in pain, he had to get on a bus and travel to Mitchells Plain. On the bus his nose started bleeding. When he got to the day hospital, the nurse told him they might not see him that day.”

Zaafirah said her husband went back to the day hospital the next day in unbearable pain. By then his eye had shifted and he was experiencing double vision.

A doctor at the day hospita
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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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Parents warned about new drug following the hospitalisation of 14 Pretoria school children

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Parents warned about new drug following the hospitalisation of 14 Pretoria school children

Police urgently sent an unknown drug for forensic testing, after 14 young adults and teenagers residing in Pretoria had to be rushed to hospital after they had consumed an unknown herbal mix known as, puff or blazing. It came after the incident where three teenagers from Pretoria West had to be rushed to hospital on..
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Pasiënte mag toilet by die Frere-hospitaal in Oos-Londen net drie keer per dag gebruik

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Die Oos-Kaapse gesondheidsdepartement ondersoek aantygings van pasiënte wat sê hulle mag die toilet by die Frere-hospitaal in Oos-Londen net drie keer per dag gebruik.

As hulle die toilet buite die geskeduleerde toilet-tye ná elke ete wil gebruik, sal dit sonder die hulp van verpleegsters wees.

Sinethemba Joya (29), ’n pasiënt van Kaapstad wat in die hospitaal opgeneem is met twee gebreekte bene ná ’n taxi-ongeluk, het onlangs haar misnoeë oor dié reëling op sosiale media uitgespreek.

Uit haar plasing blyk dit dat sy die 04:00-toilet-tyd gemis het. Teen 09:00 kon sy nie langer uithou nie en het noodgedwonge haar kosblik gebruik om in te urineer.

Joya het verder beweer bejaarde pasiënte wat hul beddens natmaak, moet as straf die hele dag lank in die nat bed en hul eie urine lê.

Jane Cowley, DA-woordvoerder oor gesondheid, het in reaksie op Joya se inskrywing gesê die oënskynlike verontagsaming van pasiënte en hul waardigheid is skokkend.
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Vacant positions at The Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto apparently sells for money and sex

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The Gauteng Department of Health held disciplinary hearings in connection with 111 incidents where employment was offered for sale at the Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto.

Jack Bloom, DA’s spokesperson for health in Gauteng, said the shocking announcement was made in Gauteng by Ms. Gwen Ramokgopa in response to a question Bloom had addressed to her on Tuesday.

“She [Ramokgopa] said trade unions contributed to the announcement of this job scam and that the case was handed over to the Hawks for further investigation. Cases have also been filed with police over employees who have received money under the false pretense that they can get jobs at the hospital, “Bloom said in a statement.

According to Bloom, 111 cases, with the exception of eight, have already been finalized. It resulted in 98 employees being suspended, one employer being demote, a few dismissals and a resignation.

“The situation was so bad that an assassin had been hired to kill the head of the
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High infant death rate in dysfunctional Pelonomi Regional Hospital in Bloemfontein

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The infant mortality rate at the Pelonomi Regional Hospital in Bloemfontein, Free State, is almost three times higher than the national average – and many of these deaths could have been avoided.

This is according to Mariette Pittaway, DA MPL in the Free State, who said the hospital’s maternity ward had been plagued by severe staff shortages, lack of equipment and access to theatres.

Many deaths could have been avoided

In its Midyear Population Estimates report Stats SA recorded the national infant mortality rate to be 36.4 deaths per 1 000 live births (3.6%). During a recent Democratic Alliance oversight inspection of the Pelonomi Regional Hospital, it was revealed that its infant mortality rate has skyrocketed from 7.3% in 2017 to 11.2% in 2018.

“The theatres in this ward have been under renovation since 2015, and we could not get any indication from the hospital management when the theatres would again be operational,” said Pittaway.

“The ma
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Omstrede psigiatriese hospitaal in Kimberley wat belastingbetaler R2 miljard gekos het, steeds in onbruik

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Meer as 12 jaar nadat bouwerk aan Kimberley se omstrede psigiatriese hospitaal begin het en nadat meer as R2 miljard reeds aan die projek bestee is, staan die hospitaal steeds leeg en ongebruik.

Andrew Louw, die DA se provinsiale leier en premierskandidaat in die Noord-Kaap, het Woensdag op Wêreldgeestesgesondheidsdag die terrein saam met ’n DA-span besoek. Hy is deur onder andere Makashule Gana, DA-LP en DA-woordvoerder vir basiese dienste, en Harold McGluwa, die DA se provinsiale voorsitter in die Noord-Kaap en hoofsweep in die provinsiale koukus, vergesel.

Die gebou het met die besoek leeg gestaan en daar was geen pasiënte, dokters of verpleegsters in sig nie, slegs bouwerkers en veiligheidswagte. Die tuin het onversorg voorgekom en onkruid groei welig in die beddings.

Die DA het glo vroeër versoek dat dr. Dion Thys, hoof van die Noord-Kaapse gesondheidsdepartement, die oorsigbesoek meemaak, maar hy het nie opgedaag nie.

Clement Kaotsane, assistentd
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Limpopo medisyne krisis – hospitale en klinieke sonder die nodige medikasie tog verklaar Cyril dat alles in SA onder beheer is

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Die vorige stelsel van medisyne verskaffing in Limpopo is vervang met ‘n nuwe stelsel wat nie werk nie, en nou kan hospitale en klinieke nie medisyne bestel nie aangesien die stelsel nie bestellings “per hand” toelaat nie.

Weereens word daar nie gemeld wie die verskaffer van die nuwe stelsel is nie maar dit sal sekerlik ‘n Breë Swart Bemagtigingsmaatskappy wees wat betaal is voordat die stelsel getoets is.

Intussen sit hospitale en klinieke sonder die nodige medikasie, maar in die buiteland verklaar Cyril Ramaphosa dat dit klopdisselboom in die land gaan.

Deur: Die Vryburger

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