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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 Gauteng s state mortuaries last year, with more than 100 identified bodies having been buried as paupers because they had not been claimed.
Also, cases of “serious adverse events” (SAEs) in Gauteng public hospitals had risen from 4,170 in 2019 to 4,701. SAEs are events arising from the health-care environment and which may affect the medical outcome on a patient by either lengthening their stay in hospital or further complicating their condition.
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Newborn dies a day after Tembisa hospital discharge Heleen Rossouw This picture was taken in Thembisa Hospital s maternity ward. Gama (38) claimed that Sphamandla was still not bathed until the morning after his birth. She showed the picture that was time-stamped and added that she had to wash the placenta off his face with a washcloth. ‘While my baby was coming, the sister just stood there and watched while instructing me to catch my baby, otherwise he will fall off the bed and die.’
Admitted as a high-risk pregnancy patient at Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital on 15 October, Thoko Precious Gama, 38, thought she’d be taking home a healthy boy.
Labour unions Public Servants Association of SA (PSA) and Nehawu have rejected the appointment of an interim CEO at Tembisa Hospital. In the same breath, the two unions on Sunday called for the “unlawful action” taken against suspended CEO Dr Lekopane Mogaladi and other staff members to be withdrawn and for Mogaladi to return to his post on Monday.