Page 21 - Jack Bloom News Today

The Gauteng health department spent more than R45 million on the maintenance and repair of ambulances during the 2021/22 financial year.

Hundreds of operations had to be cancelled at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital due to shortage of clean laundry.

It is disappointing that the biggest hospital in the country keeps making headlines for failing to delivery proper healthcare.

A shortage of clean linen at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto has allegedly led to cancellations of scheduled operations in the past three weeks.

A shortage of clean linen at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto has allegedly led to cancellations of scheduled operations in the past three weeks.

Dr Tim De Maayer penned down a heartfelt letter about the challenges faced at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg.

The total cost to repair Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is estimated at R1.1-billion. The Democratic Alliance's (DA's) Jack Bloom has revealed the final repairs are expected to be completed in December 2023.

The doctor suffered injuries to the hand after being manhandled by a patient at the Lillian Ngoyi Clinic in Soweto.

The cost of repairing Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital is now estimated at R1.1bn, the Gauteng legislature heard this week.

The Gauteng Health Department has received 157 new summons which claim R1.6 billion for medical negligence in its hospitals.