Page 19 - Jack Bloom News Today

Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi has revealed the amount of money it has cost Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto to keep its emergency generators running.

The Gauteng health department says it's considering legal action as protesters stage a sit-in at their Tshwane offices for a third consecutive week.

Ordinary South Africans, businesses and government facilities were left reeling just last month when Eskom escalated the rolling power cuts to stage 6.

A four-year-old who was injured in a car accident was turned away at Alexandra Clinic when a generator was not working.

Thabo Molelekwa looked at the progress of the new health information system in light of ongoing challenges at the George Mukhari Hospital.

There has been yet another delay in releasing the findings of investigations into the fire in a Johannesburg building that claimed the lives of three firefighters in 2018.

<p>Gauteng DA spokesperson on health Jack Bloom says he is concerned about the safety of patients at government hospitals amid continued load shedding and power outages in parts of the province.</p>

Gauteng DA spokesperson on health Jack Bloom says he is concerned about the safety of patients at government hospitals amid continued load shedding and power outages in parts of the province.

Cable theft, electricity and water disruptions are some of the challenges that have led to a disparagingly long urology waiting list at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.

The DA in Gauteng is calling for an urgent improvement in the public health system after the provincial department apparently paid out R228m in medical negligence claims.