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Protest over Cathcart Hospital downgrade rumour turns ugly

If the Eastern Cape health department intended to downgrade Cathcart Hospital, the plan has been put on hold.There was an often-violent weeklong community protest after people were informed on February 9 of the intention to downgrade the hospital, with the department citing low bed occupancy.

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Unemployed doctors, dentists march on Mabuyane's office

Unemployed Eastern Cape doctors and dentists took their frustrations to the door of the premier's office in Bhisho on Tuesday, demanding jobs.

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CRY FOR HELP: Starving Eastern Cape families appeal to president

Children in the Eastern Cape are starving. So acute is the problem that desperate residents have begged the country’s president and the province’s premier to intervene.On Wednesday, health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth’s spokesperson, Mkhululi Ndamase, said that between April 2021 and September 2023 about 3,070 Eastern Cape children were treated for acute malnutrition and 1,314 were admitted to hospital for acute malnutrition.

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Church comes to the aid of Cecilia Makiwane

The Eastern Cape health department has sung the praises of a church which donated R3m for the renovation of Cecilia Makiwane Hospital’s mental health unit and staff wellness centre.

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Calls to probe admissions at nursing college

After being plagued by admission irregularities and bribery claims for years, health minister Dr Joe Phaahla has been urged to investigate the intake at Lilitha Nursing College after the process stoked fresh controversy. This comes after allegations that the college has sidelined relevant stakeholders, including labour unions, while the provincial health department reportedly failed to address critical issues brought to its attention.

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Eastern Cape welcomes 221 babies on Christmas Day

It was a busy Christmas Day for hospitals across the Eastern Cape, with 221 babies being born on December 25. Eastern Cape health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth confirmed that the first Christmas baby was born at Frere Hospital in East London at 12.03am.

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Shot in the arm for cancer treatment

A R416m state-of-the-art oncology unit is being built at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha to serve cancer patients from the entire eastern side of the province. The facility is expected to be completed by November 2025 and will offer radiotherapy, intracavitary brachytherapy, radioactive iodine and paediatric oncology services.

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Festive season plan to save lives

In a bid to save lives over the festive season, the Eastern Cape health department has resorted to placing emergency response vehicles on strategic arterial routes across the province for quick responses to accidents.

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Three top ANC leaders vying for premiership post

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has lined up three senior leaders as premier candidates for the 2024 general elections.

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Health ombud slams nurses after heartbreaking death of Nelson Mandela Bay teenager

A damning health ombudsman’s report on the heartbreaking death of a Bay teenager who was denied assistance at a clinic after reporting that she had been gang-raped has laid bare the negligent conduct of two nurses on the day.

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