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Samatu warns of public healthcare crisis

By Rachel Mohamed The South African Medical Association Trade Union (SAMATU) has voiced its concern and frustration regarding the ongoing issue of unemployed doctors who have completed their community service, a situation that remains unresolved despite numerous calls for action. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast Show, Dr. Nkateko Mnisi, the Deputy President of SAMATU, emphasized that as an organization representing the well-being of over 8,000 doctors nationwide, their mission is to […]

today14 January 2025

Local

SA facing ‘significant constraints’ with Covid-19 test kits

South Africa faces significant constraints with testing kits for Covid-19, Parliament's health committees heard on Wednesday evening. The Department of Health's deputy director-general for communicable and non-communicable diseases, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, Yogan Pillay, said because of a "global scramble for test kits", suppliers' inability to provide enough kits and locked down airports, there were "significant constraints" with tests kits. "We need to be a bit more selective with who […]

today21 May 2020

News

WCape hospitals to resort to boreholes

By Wardāh Wilkinson Hospitals in the Western Cape will rely heavily on water from boreholes if ‘Day Zero’ arrives. With Cape Town’s drought now at crisis point, the essential services sector has no alternative but to continue functioning, even if water dries up. While the City of Cape Town is rushing to carry out emergency plans, the public health sector is confident that it will be able to continue as […]

today15 November 2017

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