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Tower Hospital psychiatrist won't appeal Ombud's findings
Psychiatrist Dr Kiran Sukeri‚ who the Health Ombudsman accused of making false claims of ill-treatment of patients at the Tower Psychiatric Hospital in the...
EC Health scraps planned mental health facility as 'too expensive'
The Eastern Cape Health Department has quietly scraped a multi-million-rand mental health facility, earmarked for Dora Nginza Hospital. But, says the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s)...
Tower Hospital: The evidence contradicts Health Ombud's conclusions
Despite an emphatic assurance by SA's Health Ombudsman that ‘no prima facie evidence of institutionalised systematic or deliberate violations of human rights by staff was...
700 mental patients at risk with E Cape facility facing closure
Seven hundred mental patients in the Eastern Cape are at risk‚ with the Life Esidimeni facility in Kirkwood facing closure after its contract was...
Govt control will make SA healthcare worse, not better
While it is not surprising that the SA Federation of Trade Unions has an issue with a private system of healthcare, it is incorrect...
Gauteng Health appoints new CEO at Bara after protests
Dr Richard Lebethe has been appointed as the new acting CEO of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital following protests at the facility by health unions....
Mass hysteria blew simple complaint into a national issue – Health Ombud
Findings by Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba that whistleblower claims of unacceptable practices at the Tower Psychiatric Hospital in the Eastern Cape were unfounded...
Denosa threatens 'pyjama strike' over unpaid nursing uniform allowances
Nurses uniforms may soon be replaced by less conventional outfits such as pyjamas and traditional regalia. City Press reports that this was the warning...
Gauteng Health drags its heels on professional misconduct reports
Half of the doctors and nurses responsible for the Life Esidimeni tragedy still have not been reported to their professional associations, Bhekisisa reports.
The tragedy...
Sasop campaign to expose abuse in SA's hospitals
In the aftermath of the Life Esidimeni tragedy in Gauteng and concerns raised about possible human rights violations at the Tower Hospital in the...