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Millions are spent annually on security at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital but could not prevent the theft of millions earlier this year.

“They have no sympathy or compassion and do not listen to reason,” he said. A hospital manager called the officer to confirm Jardine was a doctor. “I had my scrubs on and showed them my credit card but they said it could have been stolen.” No Covid protocol was exercised at the station’s holding cells, he claimed. Another doctor arrested on the night also for not having a permit on him, said while in custody he pleaded with police to let him go because he was a diabetic and needed hi...

Masego Mafata, GroundUp The Gauteng Department of Health has received mixed reactions to it taking over ambulance services. A provincial service ambulance outside the Nasrec quarantine and isolation site on July 03, 2020 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Dino Lloyd) The City of Johannesburg’s fleet of ambulances has decreased from 100 to 4...

Marizka Coetzer Picture: iStock The non-compliance of Covid-19 regulations and the lack of basic PPE (personal protective equipment) in the workplace are one of the reasons the infection rate skyrocketed. A Pretoria man, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his wife’s job, said it is unfair that the state forces the private sector to comply with Covid protocols but neglects to take ...

DA: Gauteng govt endangering lives with botched take over of ambulance services Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni were running their own services before the Gauteng Health Department took over this function. A City of Johannesburg EMS ambulance. Picture: @RobertMulaudzi/Twitter 11 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the Gauteng government to halt its provincialisation of a...

Tebogo Monana, News24 Gift of the Givers is drilling boreholes to assist hospitals experiencing water shortages.  The charity organisation is expecting to complete a borehole to serve Rahima Moosa Hospital on Thursday. Some Gauteng hospitals have been without water for a few weeks.  The Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospitals are nearly two kilometres apart and have suffered dire water shortages for the past few weeks. The Gauteng health department has moved some patients fr...

The rate of serious adverse events resulting in unintended harm to patients is disturbingly high in Gauteng public hospitals. Thabo Molelekwa spoke to health activists and government to find out what is causing these risky events and what is being done to curb them.

The commission is expected to hear from the Department of Health and officials from the provincial infrastructure development on progress.

Gauteng MEC of Health admitted to the challenges they have at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital’s cancer unit such as staff shortages and frequent chemotherapy drugs that are out of stock.

Dozens of NGOs that are taking care of mentally ill and physically disabled patients across Gauteng have been waiting for weeks for payment from the department of health, the DA said on Sunday.