By: Natasha Archary Image: Adobe Stock Gauteng has welcomed 387 babies on Christmas Day, while over 1,700 bundles of joy were delivered across the country on 25 December. This was confirmed by the Department of Health who recorded a majority of Christmas births in Gauteng, at 40%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape. The first Christmas baby, a healthy girl was welcomed at 00h00 at Galeshewe Day Hospital in […]
By: Natasha Archary Image: Adobe Stock The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has clarified the outstanding City Power electricity bills across several facilities, and addresses the threats of disconnection. In a statement issued on Wednesday, 29 November the GDoH says there were various discrepancies with City Power's billing for six facilities in the province. This includes the 6 invoices that were attributed to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, for which the total […]
The Gauteng Department of Health has stepped up security around health facilities following a number of attacks on staff by mentally ill patients. Department spokesperson, Kwara Kekana says security personnel have been placed at casualty departments to assist with psychiatric patients. This comes after 41 attacks on medical staff were reported between January last year and November 2021. "As part of efforts to reduce attacks on hospital staff by mental […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa has been released on bail after he and seven others appeared in court on Tuesday for tender fraud. The NPA says six entities are also implicated in the matter and collectively, the accused face 258 charges ranging from fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering. NPA spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, says their bail has conditions attached. “All accused were released on bail […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter The DA is once again calling for the government to do away with e-tolls. The party's spokesperson on health, Jack Bloom, says there is no sense in continuing the e-tolls as the collection costs outweigh the money that is brought in. In a written reply to questions put forward by the DA, Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said the department has spent R1 064 420 on […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter The Gauteng Health Department has condemned at least two attacks on healthcare workers in recent days. Gauteng Health spokesperson, Kwara Kekana, says on Saturday, a vaccination team was robbed in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria. Kekana says five armed men in a white Toyota Quantum robbed the team at gunpoint at the Wonder City Taxi Rank. "The perpetrators fled with vaccination programme gadgets which consist of three […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter Gauteng health officials say 141 000 half-litre bottles of sanitiser have expired, rendering them unusable by the department. MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi was responding to questions put forward in the Gauteng Legislature this week. Mokgethi revealed that R100 million was paid for 544 000 units of sanitiser to assist with the COVID-19 epidemic. However, officials only used 392 000 units (74%). Mokgethi says the remaining 141 000 […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter The Gauteng Department of Health blames fake news for the high number of healthcare workers refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The department says false propaganda on social media has affected the vaccination rate. The Gauteng Legislature’s health committee discussed the issue recently. The department revealed that 31 521 or 36% of the province's healthcare workers have not been vaccinated. Meanwhile, 55 109 healthcare workers are […]
By Kaya 959 Reporter Gauteng has recorded more than 900 new COVID-19 cases this week. The latest from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases shows that between Monday and Thursday, 910 new COVID-19 cases were recorded. The NICD states that 1 560 COVID-19 cases have been reported countrywide since Monday. SA now has a total of 2 927 499 COVID-19 cases and 89 555 deaths. "The majority of Thursday's new […]
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