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Workers face disciplinary action, three years after trashing Gauteng hospital Share According to the Gauteng Health Department, 45 employees were identified through video footage, who vandalised the hospital during an illegal strike, and 40 were found guilty by the presiding officer. They were given two months suspension without pay and a final written warning. The disciplinary proceedings of the remaining five employees is still ongoing, and the hospital anticipates completing this by end of M...

Eight Gauteng hospital CEOs face disciplinary action for flouting Covid-19 safety practices - report Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The chief executive officers of eight Gauteng health facilities wil...

More than 1,000 unidentified bodies lying in Gauteng mortuaries State mortuaries had 1,173 unidentified bodies last year, and a further 120 bodies that were unclaimed and buried as paupers: Gauteng health department 15 March 2021 - 15:34 Cases of “serious adverse events” in Gauteng public hospitals rose from 4,170 in 2019 to 4,701, Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said on Monday. File photo. Image: Veli Nhlapo Close to 1,200 unidentified bodies lay in Gaut...

Gauteng Health says it has enough beds to deal with expected third wave By Roland Mpofu Share Johannesburg - The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) says it has enough extra beds at existing hospitals to cater for the expected third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the GDoH decommissioned and closed the controversial R250 million Nasrec quarantine and field hospital which was grossly underutilised with empty beds even at the peak of the first and second waves of the pandemic. There h...

Generic image: Photo Usman Yousaf NATIONAL NEWS - Families of patients at the Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital in Pretoria  couldn’t reach their loved ones for at least a week. This was after the aged PABX switchboard phone system crashed, resulting in the facility not being able to receive or make calls. According to the Gauteng department of health, the problem only affected telephone lines, not emails. But according to DA shadow MEC for health Jack Bloom this was of...

Gauteng Health officials to face the music over bogus PPE tenders By Baldwin Ndaba Share Johannesburg - Top Gauteng Health officials are due to face the provincial standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) over allegations that the department allegedly awarded personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders to bogus companies. This was revealed by Gauteng Scopa chairperson Sochayile “Sox” Khanyile after his committee received a report which detailed how the department awarded PPE tenders to...

Gauteng health promises to pay all intern doctors not paid in January Over 50 intern doctors and community service doctors in Gauteng were not paid in January. The department of health says it will ensure all are paid on February 22. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Samsonovs More than 50 intern and community service doctors who were not paid salaries for January will get their money by February 22, Gautengs health department said on Thursday. The SA Medical Association Trade Uni...

A Mamelodi family is demanding answers after their baby girl was born in the back seat of a car after they were turned away from the Stanza Bopape Primary Health Care Clinic.

EFF, DA urge action against Tembisa Hospital Updated Anastasi Mokgobu Share this: The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has called for the immediate suspension of the management team at Tembisa Hospital. TWITTER This comes after Health Ombudsman Professor Malekgapuru Makgoba released the findings of an investigation into the death of Shonisani Lethole during his stay at the hospital in July last year. He found that the hospital misled Gauteng Department of Health about the real state...

Calls for action against Tembisa Hospital management over Lethole death Its been found that several doctors lied about the time of Shonisani Letholes death and left out crucial evidence in the investigation into the case. FILE: Tembisa Hospital. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/Eyewitness News. 54 days ago JOHANNESBURG - There were calls on Thursday for the immediate suspension of Tembisa Hospital management after ...