The Western Cape Health Department has has conducted another comprehensive analysis of the comorbidities associated with COVID-19 related deaths in the province, and,...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape Health Department may be spared the cost of referring state patients to private hospitals if the region’s apparent decline in coronavirus infections...Weekly Roundup
The deadline to produce 20,000 non-invasive ventilators has been pushed back for a third time, with the National Ventilator Project (NVP) running a month behind...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape may have already reached the peak of its coronavirus outbreak. Business Day reports that this is according to South Africa’s biggest medical scheme...Coronavirus
Spotlight reports that doctors at two of the Western Cape’s most impacted COVID-19 hospitals say they have seen positive outcomes from using high-flow nasal oxygen...Weekly Roundup
The Western Cape has launched an action plan that focuses on diabetic people who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Daily Maverick reports that the action plan has...
June 10th, 2020A critical 500-person Cape Town trial, part of an international examination into whether the BCG vaccine protects against COVID-19, is under pressure from demands from...
Western Cape Health Department is advertising 5,272 posts for health workers, with 4,004 of them being for doctors and nurses ahead of the anticipated deluge of...Weekly Roundup
Four clinical departments at the Tygerberg Hospital have been closed for sanitisation. According to a Cape Argus report this comes after the Department of Employment and...SA Provincial Health
The Western Cape is starting to see increased pressure on its hospital systems ahead of the coronavirus peak, but it has not yet reached peak capacity. Polity reports...
