A reflection on the delivery of healthcare in the Eastern Cape at the beginning of the 6th administration; https://www.pressreader.com/similar/282127818015536
Settlers surgery shock
http://www.grocotts.co.za/2018/04/06/settlers-surgery-shock/
Labour dispute between theatre staff and the Department of Health cause Settlers Hospital to halt emergency surgery after-hours.
Hospital exposé: call for whistleblower protection
http://www.grocotts.co.za/2018/03/15/hospital-expose-call-for-whistleblower-protection/
Commenting on the recent Tower Psychiatric Hospital exposé and subsequent resignation of psychiatrist Kiran Sukeri, PSAM Director Jay Kruuse stated that too often public servants face unfair consequences as a result of speaking out. “The position of PSAM when it comes to whistleblowers is [that] we need the Department of Health to uphold the Protected Disclosures Act.”
Concerns over Listeriosis continue
Debt could cripple East Cape health
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2017/11/13/debt-cripple-east-cape-health/
The Eastern Cape Department of Health will have to curtail medical services to keep its spiraling debt down, spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said yesterday.
