July 7th, 2021Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has again dived headfirst into constitutionally murky waters, instructing the government to “within 90 days” act to finalise the...
Eastern Cape Health has been ordered by the provincial legislature to fill the vacancies of 307 frontline healthcare workers who died from COVID-19 in the first two...Medico-Legal
Eastern Cape Health is being sued for R3m after a doctor removed as mother's uterus, allegedly without her knowledge, when she developed an infection after her Caesarean...
April 14th, 2021The Constitutional Court has ruled that South African courts will now be able to consider ordering alternative compensation – instead of a lump-sum payment – to...
Eastern Cape Health MEC, Nomakhosazana Meth, admitted to the provincial legislature that specialist units had a vacancy rate of close to 50% – but she said these...
March 17th, 2021Long before COVID-19 hit, the Eastern Cape Health system was already in crisis, with warnings over many years from the likes of the Public Service Accountability...
The findings of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe into the procurement of motorcycle ambulances by the Eastern Cape government are “shocking, defamatory,...Weekly Roundup
Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, who faces charges relating to a scandal over alleged misuse of funds meant for former President Nelson Mandela’s funeral in...South Africa
With death and infection rates climbing, MedicalBrief notes that health experts have slated the government's readiness for the second wave of COVID-19.
The SA Medical...SA Provincial Health
As many as a third of the Eastern Cape’s state ambulance fleet are in for repairs, at a time when COVID-19 numbers in the province are soaring and trauma-related cases...
