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South Africa

ActionSA KZN Slams Ongoing Medicine Shortages in Public Hospitals

  ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal says it is outraged by the ongoing shortage of essential medication in government hospitals and clinics, a crisis that puts thousands of lives at risk. This comes as the Department of Health has allegedly informed healthcare facilities that, due to budget constraints, medication will only be replenished in April. ActionSA’s, Zwakele Mncwango, says Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, must take full accountability and immediately provide the public […]

today3 February, 2025

Health / Medical

DA In Gauteng Pushes for Private Health Sector Involvement to Save Public Cancer Patients

South Africa's DA in Gauteng says it will continue to press for the urgent involvement of the private health sector to save the lives of cancer patients in public hospitals. Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko revealed that despite two-thousand-652 cancer patients on the waiting list for radiation therapy, 511-million-rand of the budget for urgent cancer cases has been unspent since April last year. The DA’s Jack Bloom says the MEC’s excuse […]

today25 October, 2024