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Nehauw union members in Cape Town. Photo: GroungUp

Nehawu strike could have resulted in four deaths, says health minister

Joe Phaahla said no one needing emergency care should be turned away from health facilities, as had happened during the strike

Disaster: Firefighters at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital after a fire broke out on 16 April last year in Johannesburg. Patients were evacuated to other nearby state hospitals. Photo: Elizabeth Sejake/ Rapport/Gallo Images

Gauteng Health ‘ignorant’ of arson at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital

Gauteng Health officials say they haven’t seen the police forensic report yet

Senior clinicians have warned of a healthcare crisis if Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital remains closed. (BigFive Images/ Gallo)

Plea to repair and reopen Johannesburg’s iconic Charlotte Maxeke hospital now

If the government is unwilling to ensure our patients’ basic constitutional right to access healthcare, it is time to investigate a private-public partnership to repair our…

(Lisa Skinner)

Third wave overwhelms Gauteng hospitals

Surpassing previous Covid-19 waves the third is sure to hit harder, yet there is little evidence of a move toward tighter regulations.

Senior clinicians have warned of a healthcare crisis if Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital remains closed. (BigFive Images/ Gallo)

Gauteng health system is heading for catastrophe

While officials remain entangled in bureaucratic knots, clinicians warn that the continued closure of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital risks a ‘humanitarian…

The South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) has been deployed to Gauteng as an increase in Covid-19 infections places pressure on the province’s health system.

As Covid third wave digs in, military health service sent to Gauteng

The defence branch will assist with mass testing, screening and contact tracing

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Hospital fire leaves South African cancer patients in the cold

When one of the country’s biggest public cancer treatment centres fell victim to fire and left more than a thousand patients waiting for treatment, an uncomfortable truth rose…

Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg,

Pharmacists, denied frontline status, get PPE late

Pharmacists at one of the major public hospitals in Gauteng say they only received sufficient protective gear after several of their colleagues contracted Covid-19.

Bright idea: Head of Autism South Africa Sandy Klopper says the organisation tries in all kinds of ways to help families who need their services. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Autistic children welcome

A new centre offers hope to families needing support for children with special needs

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Charlotte Maxeke workers protest for performance bonuses

Many hospital workers who participated in the protest say they do not earn a liveable wage

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Charlotte Maxeke Hospital on lockdown

Department officials have characterised the situation at the hospital as being ‘out of control’ and say police have been called to the scene

Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg,

Possible strike action looms at Charlotte Maxeke hospital

Hospital workers may down tools on Wednesday after not receiving proper compensation for working extra hours

Women are built to create one of the most complicated things on Earth – a human being.

When the tiniest hearts break: Behind SA’s shortage of paediatric heart surgeons

The country can’t produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.

Cracking cartels: The Competition Tribunal penalised construction firms for colluding on contracts to build 2010 Fifa World Cup stadiums such as the Cape Town Stadium.
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Ramokgopa: We are assessing if anyone is trapped under the debris at Charlotte Maxeke

The newly-appointed Gauteng health MEC confirmed that five people were injured when a section of the hospital’s roof collapsed.

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Search dogs called in to find victims trapped under the rubble

Emergency services say three more people may still be buried in the rubble.

Sale of corpses probed in Jo’burg

Claims of corpses being sold at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg are being investigated, says the Gauteng health department.

Crack down: Poor implementation of the health department’s policy on foreigners’ rights to healthcare results in the neglect of many emergencies, doctors say, particularly in obstetrics. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Foreign mom’s neglect turns fatal

Nurses and doctors are ‘forced’ to treat non-residents, but such care is too often perilous.

Health department disputes DA claims of crisis at Jo’burg hospital

There is no crisis at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, the Gauteng health department has said.

Morgue strife surfaces amid cadaver backlog

Morgue strife surfaces amid cadaver backlog

The Gauteng government has downplayed a backlog in paupers’ burials, amid concerns over mortuary management at Charlotte Maxeke hospital.

Pauper backlog at Jo’burg morgue

Corpses awaiting indigent burials are piling up at Charlotte Maxeke hospital, while employees complain of unsanitary working conditions in the morgue.