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Tshwane EMS brought to standstill once again over licencing issues
The municipality said it was forced to stop operations, which include, ambulance services.
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Mokgethi commends Gauteng healthcare workers for bravery in COVID-19 fight
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi said that the province went beyond the call of duty.
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Gauteng health dept plans to open up more vaccine sites this week
Officials have already administered 16,800 jabs to healthcare workers at the Steve Biko and Baragwanath academic hospitals.
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Gauteng Health Dept assures healthcare workers no one will be denied vaccine
On Sunday, there was chaos at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, with doctors telling Eyewitness News that they were refused COVID-19 vaccines at the hospital in Pretoria despite having appointments.
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PPE destroyed in fire at Carletonville Hospital
The Health Department said that there'd been no disruption to services or casualties.
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SIU saves Gauteng health dept more than R126m in illegal PPE contracts
This comes after the SIU successfully instituted civil matters in the special tribunal to declare that millions of rands held in bank accounts of 20 companies and entities be forfeited to the state.
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Lethole's death: Tembisa Hospital CEO must not 'interfere with the process'
The department has given Dr Lekopane Mogaladi until Friday to explain why he should not be suspended following the death of Shonisani Lethole under his leadership.
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Gauteng Health Dept won’t challenge report into Shonisani Lethole’s death
On Wednesday, professor Malegapuru Makgoba found that Lethole went without food for four days in July before he succumbed at the facility.
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Systems will be put in place to assure no vaccine discrepancies - Gauteng govt
The province said it expected the first batch of vaccines to arrive at the end of this week, with healthcare workers first in line to be inoculated.
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Gauteng Health Dept plans to roll out COVID-19 vaccine from Monday
Health authorities said that they aimed to vaccinate over 10 million Gauteng residents.
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Gauteng Health Dept mourns loss of Netcare team after helicopter crash
The medical rescue chopper went down near Bergville on Thursday, killing four healthcare workers and the pilot.
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900 new community service nurses to be absorbed into GP's health system
Sumeeth Sheoraj, chair of Denosa's student movement in Gauteng, said they were hoping to get a verbal proposal from government on paper on Monday.
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Masuku welcomes Gauteng ANC charges over PPE tender
Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku was found by the SIU to have failed in executing his functions in with the country’s constitution and the Public Management Finance Act.
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Gauteng Department of Health unveils new fleet of ambulances
The Gauteng Department of Health spent R358 million on a new fleet of ambulances which were unveiled on 10 December 2020. Gauteng MEC of Health Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi unveiled the new vehicles, saying that the ambulances would complement the existing fleet as part of the 2020 festive season readiness plan.
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Gauteng Premier Makhura denies he was forced to appoint new Health MEC
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Wednesday announced changes to his Cabinet, which included appointing Nomathemba Mokgethi as the Health MEC and Cooperative Governance Deputy Minister Parks Tau as the new MEC of Economic Development.
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Makhura: We will continue the fight against corruption
The Gauteng premier said there had been structural problems in the health department for some time - but was hopeful that a new MEC would address those issues.
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Gauteng COVID-19 committee concerned about spike in cases after festive season
Health experts in the province are closely monitoring the data, with the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19 cases.
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Mkhize instructs Gauteng Health Dept to reconcile its COVID-19 data
The province’s recoveries and active cases were left out of Wednesday night’s update by national government and were expected to be added once the figures are scrutinised.
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Gauteng Health Dept says it’s working with urgency to fill vacant senior posts
The department is urgently looking for hospital CEOs, a chief financial officer, deputy director general for human resources, and a CEO for emergency medical services.
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Gauteng Health Dept urges caution when visiting areas with malaria
The life-threatening disease causes up to 3,000 cases in Gauteng each year, and proves fatal in about 30 cases.
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Investigation under way into patient's alleged rape at Bheki Mlangeni Hospital
According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the notorious hospital has had 11 known attacks on patients this year.
