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Last year, the Gauteng health department recorded 1 173 unidentified bodies in the province’s 11 forensic pathology service mortuaries. The mortuary in Germiston on the East Rand recorded the most unidentified bodies with 400, followed by Johannesburg with 169, while Pretoria had 117 and Diepkloof in Soweto had 103. DA member of the provincial legislature Jack Bloom said these were all deaths thought to be due to unnatural causes, which was why they ended up in government mortuaries. “If th...

Jan Gerber DA health spokesperson and MP, Siviwe Gwarube, is inspecting the readiness of vaccination sites across the country. Gwarube says shes worried not enough outreach is happening to ensure people register to be vaccinated. She says three weeks before vaccination, sites are not yet set up. The Democratic Alliance says it is worried that three weeks before Covid-19 mass vaccinations begin, most vaccination sites have not yet been set up. The partys spokesperson for health and MP, Siviwe Gw...

Pressure mounts on Makhura to appoint CEOs at provincial hospitals Share Johannesburg - Pressure is mounting on the Gauteng government to fill key executive positions at major hospitals in the province. While the provincial government has in the past faced internal pressure – now the Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has added more fuel to the fire. Mkhize this week instructed all provincial MECs and their departments including Gauteng, to fill the funded posts urgently. The outbreak of fire a...

Confusion over four missing Esidimeni patients DA says health department is deliberately muddying the water 20 April 2021 - 07:23 There’s uncertainty over the number of currently missing Life Esidimeni patients as families of victims demand more information from the Gauteng government. This comes after the health department announced recently that only four of the original missing eight mentally ill patients were currently missing... This article is free to read if you register or...

’Charlotte Maxeke hospital has been poorly maintained for years’ Share Johannesburg - DA spokesperson on health in Gauteng, Jack Bloom has raised concern about the fire at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital saying maintenance on the facility had been lacking for years. Bloom said the hospital has been poorly maintained for years, with frequent water leaks and a ceiling that collapsed in March 2017. Cancer patients, he said, would suffer worse as the oncology department was near the pa...

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Department counting cost of Charlotte Maxeke fire 19 April 2021 - 07:20 The Gauteng department of health says it will take a while before the cost of damage caused by the fire that engulfed Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital,  forcing the evacuation of nearly 700 patients, is known.  According to Gauteng premier David Makhura, fire broke out at the facility at 11.30am on Friday and then reignited again at night, forcing its closure for seven days to allow investigation an...

Charlotte Maxeke hospital shut down News24 Fire at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is closed for seven days after a fire ripped through parts of the facility on Friday night. Gauteng Premier David Makhura made the announcement on Saturday after visiting the facility to assess the damage. Firefighters battled the blaze throughout the night on Friday and into Saturday morning, and hundreds of patients were mov...

Fire breaks out at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, but services not affected 16 April 2021 - 16:04 Gauteng health department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said the fire affected the dispensary where all the dry and medical items are kept. Image: Jack Bloom A fire broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Friday morning, the Gauteng health department confirmed. Gauteng health department spokesperson Kwara Kekana said the fire affected the dispensary wh...