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Hospitals
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Gauteng Health Overhauls Procedures After 9,000 Serious Medical Incidents In Under Two Years
26 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Since the beginning of 2023, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDH) recorded 9,390 serious adverse events (SAEs) at hospitals and clinics.
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100% Of Cancer Patients Cured After New Drug’s ‘Remarkable’ Human Trials
10 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
A new medicine that treats rectal cancer has fully removed tumours in all 42 patients who participated in the study.
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Alarmingly, Only Four Hospitals In The Western Cape Don’t Get Load Shedding
27 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
It is rather alarming to note that only four Western Cape hospitals have been exempted from load shedding.
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It’s A Good Thing Someone Noticed These Gauteng Hospital Sign Blunders
15 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A number of signs with laughable spelling errors made their way into the Helen Joseph Hospital in Gauteng.
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Man Disarms Cop At Green Point Hospital – Kills Three
09 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Green Point’s New Somerset Hospital was the scene of a triple killing on Saturday.
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Whistleblower Lifts The Lid On Deadly Gauteng Hospital Conditions
25 Aug 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa may have weathered the worst of the storm, but stories of gross negligence and corruption will continue to emerge as the months roll on.
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BBC Uncovers SA ‘Hospitals Of Horrors’
15 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s no secret that in some parts of the country, the healthcare system has all but collapsed. The BBC has taken a heartbreaking, and terrifying, look inside.
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Video Takes You Inside Cape COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit
10 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most of us will never fully comprehend the sacrifices being made to treat the ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections, but this video does give some insight into what happens inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit.
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SA Doctor On Why Paying Medical Aid Won’t Guarantee You A Private Hospital Bed
07 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Whilst forking out for medical aid each month may give you peace of mind, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee you’ll end up in a private hospital bed.
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Horror Hospital Stories As Eastern Cape Healthcare Collapses
29 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sick patients fighting each other for oxygen machines, blood on the walls, and other horrors are just part of the daily lives of those fighting COVID-19 in Eastern Cape hospitals.
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“This Place Steals A Lot Away From You” – Groote Schuur Nurses On The Front Line
26 Jun 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As the Western Cape’s confirmed coronavirus death toll continues to spike, healthcare workers on the front lines are sharing heartbreaking stories.
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1,2% Of Western Cape COVID-19 Cases Are Staff At Tygerberg Hospital
22 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
As many as 150 hospital staff have tested positive for COVID-19 at Tygerberg Hospital.
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Viral Video Shows Beds Left To Rust Outside Joburg Hospital
06 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A man discovered a hospital bed graveyard while visiting his son at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.
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A Terrifying Tale From Inside A South African Hospital
12 Jun 2018 by Nereesha Patel / No Comments
South Africa’s ailing public healthcare system is on blast again, after a tragic story from a KZN hospital hit the news.
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Apparently These Are South Africa’s Top 20 Hospitals
19 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
We all like to try out a new restaurant now and again, but when it comes to hospitals there is no messing about. According to one survey, these are the best of the bunch
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Gauteng’s Hospitals And Their Gross Negligence Is Actually Terrifying
25 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Imagine your child going in for an operation, and the hospital performed an incorrect arm and leg amputation? Yes, for real.
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MUST WATCH: A Saturday Night Spent At Khayelitsha Hospital Is Very Intense [Video]
21 Jun 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
When you’re involved with the trauma unit at a hospital in Khayelitsha there is no such thing as an easy night. Saturdays are very full on though.
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World Goes Nuts For Baby Born Still Inside Amniotic Sac [Image]
26 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
It isn’t often that a baby emerges from the womb fully enclosed in the amniotic sac, which is why when little Silas Johnson said hello to the world people took notice.
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Please Enjoy – In Chinese Hospitals The Nurses Wear Air Hostess Uniforms
22 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sure, a hospital is a business- but is patient care really just customer service?
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EXPOSED: The Rise Of Illegal, Under-Qualified Doctors At Local Private Hospitals
21 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The dude that is topmost responsible for calling doctors who work for the Department Of Health when private hospitals call in to Mouldmed looking for last-minute staff, is a guy that goes by the name of Joseph Maarman.
Here’s the shocker: he only has a Grade 12, and NO medical background whatsoever.
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