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R380.9m set aside to hire health professionals

The Eastern Cape department of health is investing R380.9m in the recruitment of health workers, with the first cohort set to start in April. The budget for the 2024/2025 financial year is catering to post-community services health workers to provide much-needed services to healthcare facilities.

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Protest by Dora Nginza Hospital nursing staff intensifies

Picketing nursing staff at Dora Nginza Hospital’s main gate barred ambulances from entering or leaving the premises on Thursday, also preventing patients who had been discharged, visitors and a Herald reporter from leaving.

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Matrics warned about fake institutions!

Fly-by-night institutions tend to increase in numbers during this time of the year.

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SA youth's rife condom disuse, driving up new HIV infections

DENOSA says the country remains the world leader in HIV cases, with just over seven million people infected on treatment.

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Glitches in migration to digital hospital records

The Eastern Cape department of health has spent R200m since 2021 in the rollout of digital infrastructure that has been marred by poor planning.

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Department moves to fill hospital CEO positions

The Eastern Cape department of health has seen a shake-up following the appointment of a new acting head.

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Bring back Dr Wagner, health professionals plead

A total of 129 healthcare professionals, including university heads, CEOs, scientists, medical specialists, doctors and professors, have written to Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane pleading with him to rescind his decision to remove provincial health’s head of department, Dr Rolene Wagner, from her position.

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Health department may run out of funds for essential supplies

With the provincial health department having spent most of its goods and services budget just five months into the financial year, there are concerns the department might soon run out of funds for critical healthcare.

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Over 1,000 vital EC health services posts vacant

Mbulelo Sogoni, director-general of the office of the premier, is concerned by the provincial health department’s tardiness in filling more than 1,000 critical posts, including CEOs of various hospitals and directors of several sub-departments.

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Denosa bemoans impact of taxi strike on Cape Town health workers

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) warned on Friday that the ongoing taxi strike in Cape Town is putting the lives and livelihoods of healthcare workers in the city at risk.

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