Gaza's health system could be overwhelmed by next week because of a surge in coronavirus cases, health advisers warned on Sunday. The blockaded territory has almost run out of ventilators and could have no space in intensive-care units in 10 days' time, said Abdelraouf Elmanama, a microbiologist who is part of the enclave's pandemic task force. "In 10 days the health system will become unable to absorb such a hike […]
The Western Cape goverment said it expected to hear whether the ban on alcohol sales in the province will be lifted within the next few days. It recently concluded presentations to the national coronavirus command council to revisit the ban within provincial borders. Premier Alan Winde stated the reopening of all businesses would also address the hunger and unemployment crisis currently experienced in the province. Furthermore, Chief of Operations of […]
Corruption Watch says it has learned that officials and employees of various South African hospitals and clinics mismanage funds and use state resources to benefit themselves. The anti-graft, the non-profit organisation released its report - X-Ray: The critical state of the health sector in SA - on Wednesday. The report highlights almost 700 whistleblower accounts received since early 2012 until the end of 2019. Corruption Watch researcher Melusi Ncala, who […]
The Western Cape Department of Health says early indications are that pressure is easing on hospitals in the province. During a digital media briefing today, officials said they are noticing a decline in COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths, which is less than what was projected by epidemiologists. According to the National COVID-19 Epi model, there would have been a steady rise in the rate of daily Covid-19 deaths until the end […]
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] has called on the government to ensure that healthcare workers are fully protected from the coronavirus at the hospitals they serve. Members visited workplaces in the Western Cape this week as the number of frontline workers to be infected with the coronavirus spirals out of control. The provincial health department confirmed at least 3000 health workers have contracted the virus and […]
Not all hospitals and clinics are taking steps to protect high-risk staff from the new coronavirus, say unions. People aged 50 or older are almost 10 times as likely to die from Covid-19 than otherwise healthy younger people, according to recently released figures from the Western Cape health department. The risk of death in people with diabetes and high blood pressure becomes even higher, shows the province's data set, believed […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit Cape Town on Friday to assess the Western Cape’s provincial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Western Cape currently accounts for nearly two-thirds of infections nationally. President Ramaphosa will be accompanied by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on his inspection of COVID-19 facilities in the province. The Western Cape Government recently announced that it would only test people who are at highest risk […]
As the country rushes towards an anticipated spike in Covid-19 cases, the Western Cape's largest hospital is already under pressure, with a need for more nurses and many of its ICU beds occupied, according to staff who spoke to News24. As the province continues to account for well over half of the national number of coronavirus infections, Tygerberg Hospital is already under pressure. Doctors and medical staff at the state […]
South African hospitals are currently not overwhelmed by the Covid-19 pandemic, acting director-general of the Department of Health, Anban Pillay, said on Monday. Pillay and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed the Portfolio Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Health and Social Services in a virtual meeting early on Monday morning. Pillay said at the moment there isn't a high demand for high care of Covid-19 patients. "Our hospitals […]
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