March 21st, 2018A newly appointed consortium of lawyers has managed to save the Eastern Cape Health Department R45m. Provincial health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo is quoted in The Herald...
A change in approach by the Eastern Cape Health Department will see the victims of botched circumcisions performed at initiation schools soon offered surgery to repair...Weekly Roundup
An Eastern Cape hospital clerk has been arrested after being found in possession of stolen antiretrovirals (ARVs), reports News24 report. Eastern Cape Health Department...SA Provincial Health
The Eastern Cape Health Department has set aside R300m to fill more than 1‚800 critical posts, according to a Daily Dispatch report. The positions include doctors and...Weekly Roundup
The Eastern Cape Health Department says dire conditions, suicide, asthma, kidney failure, dehydration, and infected wounds were the main causes of 15 deaths at...Weekly Roundup
Government efforts to curb the deaths of young initiates through illegal circumcision in the Eastern Cape made a breakthrough last weekend when police arrested three...News Update
A forensic investigation into how eight senior Eastern Cape Health Department officials were appointed has opened a can of worms of flouted recruitment processes. A...Medico-Legal
The sheriff of the court has seized several cars belonging to the Eastern Cape Health Department, which owes a woman almost R17m in damages for medical negligence, says...Medico-Legal
Frere Hospital staff who treated an assault victim who later died from his injuries could be prosecuted for gross negligence after a magistrate ordered transcripts of...Public Health
Immunisation rates at a National Health Insurance pilot project in the Eastern Cape are considerably below targets, mainly because of stock-outs, and indicate inadequate...
