Forum Carers meet
On 21 October, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) held a meeting at the House of Movements in Johannesburg. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the issues around the FNB cards and bank accounts that the…
Life Esidimeni inquiry promises to dig deep
As gory details emerged about how their loved ones died in the hands of those who were supposed to take care of them, families of the deceased Life Esedimeni patients twisted their heads in disbelief. Survivors of…
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Atlantis residents demand better service at Wesfleur Hospital
Ongoing complaints about the quality of care at Wesfleur Hospital in Atlantis has spurred hundreds of residents to sign a petition calling for the Western Cape Department of Health to intervene. Dura flats…
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Medics protest as KZN health care system collapses
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) and public interest law firm SECTION27 are warning that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health system is in dire straits. On 5 May, over a thousand health workers marched in Durban to highlight the crisis. …
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Five hour wait for ambulance
“I called the 112 [emergency] number. I told them a guy got stabbed not far from my home. I gave them directions. The person I spoke to assured me that the ambulance was on its way,” Nandipha Sinaye. Sinaye lives…
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Forum on its way to independence
From the 24th to the 26th of March 2017, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) concluded their strategic planning workshop, facilitated by Khanya College in Cullinan, Pretoria, and attended by Forum committee members. This workshop was a follow…
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Do hospitals do more harm than good?
The prevention of illness, injury and disease is an essential part of healthcare. We engage in healthy lifestyle habits such as exercising and not smoking to prevent obesity and lung cancer. We vaccinate our children regularly to stimulate immunity and…
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CHWs sign renewed contracts with Smartpurse in Johannesburg
On the 28th of March 2017, at Hillbrow Community Health Centre, Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs), were requested by Smartpurse to sign new contracts for the financial year 2017-2018. Smartpurse was hired by the Department of Health to…
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Gauteng Health Dept in delaying tactics
More than 200 CHWs were present on the 2nd floor of the House of Movements in Johannesburg, for the arbitration proceeding that began on 7 February 2017, and which was set to continue until 9 February. The case against the…
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CHWs reject Legislature’s proposal to drop case
There has been a long and intensified mass struggle to force the Department of Health and Smartpurse to take the CHWs struggle seriously. On 8 November 2016, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) decided to take the struggle…
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South African study offers hope against drug-resistant TB
The results of a study led by South African researcher Dr Francesca Conradie offers hope for patients with strains of tuberculosis (TB) that have been extremely difficult to treat. Conradie presented the findings of the NIX-TB trial in Seattle…
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Health MEC Mahlangu resigns as Esidimeni Report is Released
The Health Ombudsman’s Report into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of mentally ill former-Life Esidimeni patients was finally released on 1 February, stating more than 94 patients have…
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