Mthatha's R416m cancer centre has two radiotherapy machines and 68 beds, so patients from four districts need not travel to Gqeberha or East London.
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Mthatha's R416m cancer centre has two radiotherapy machines and 68 beds, so patients from four districts need not travel to Gqeberha or East London.
Parliament wants answers after the Public Protector found Livingstone Hospital's 2021 staffing orders still unmet. Motsoaledi says he is disappointed too.
Steve Biko Academic Hospital has delayed long orthopaedic operations as its theatres overheat; Gauteng says chiller repairs will take up to three months.
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The Eastern Cape says 110 health facilities have moved from paper files to electronic medical records in two and a half months, starting in Buffalo City.
Two decades after a pivotal chapter in South Africa's blood-service history, SANBS reflects on the evolution of blood safety, from the people whose lives are connected by donation to the science that helps protect patients.
Almost 2,900 point-of-care ultrasound scans have been performed across five Mpumalanga hospitals since May, following a partnership between Bophelo First Trust and Dis-Chem’s Better Tomorrow Starts Here initiative. By training clinicians and deploying portable ultrasound machines, the programme is strengthening diagnostic capacity, enabling faster clinical decisions and improving access to timely care in the public health system.
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A Western Cape pilot gives Mitchells Plain clinic users up to R100 a month in food vouchers for exercise, check-ups, vaccinations and collecting medicine.
As South Africa marks Mental Health Awareness Month, Steenberg Spa’s Monique Pereira shares eight practical ways to support everyday wellbeing, from prioritising sleep and movement to nurturing relationships, making time for rest and recognising when professional support is needed.
A small UCT study links slower walking to lower thinking and memory scores in people with HIV, hinting at a cheap clinic test for brain injury.
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Aaron Motsoaledi told an NCOP committee that courts refer too many accused for psychiatric observation, using scarce beds. He gave no figures.
About 200 people, some allegedly chained, were found at an unregistered church-run rehab in Siyabuswa. The operators got bail; DSD urges families to check.
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The SAMRC has released a one-page, 10-question femicide risk check and two safety plans, and wants police, clinics and social workers to use them.
Wits-linked researchers are studying HPV 16/18 molecular markers that may one day improve triage after a positive HPV test. It is not a cancer diagnosis — and not a clinic-ready test yet.
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The H4P pilot in KwaZulu-Natal tests partner HIV self-testing plus PrEP support for HIV-negative women in late pregnancy whose partner status is unknown.
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Paediatric cardiologist Liesl Zühlke joins the committee advising the health minister on research and takes up a first honorary chair in Gqeberha.
