Groote schuur hospital
Staff member sets up food garden at Groote Schuur Hospital
The tube feeding operator, Keanan Collins, spoke on the Afternoon Drive with John Maytham about this project to bring healthy food to the hospital.
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Gift of the Givers appeals for donations for Groote Schuur Hospital surgeries
The NGO has donated R5 million to kickstart a Groote Schuur Hospital project aiming to reduce the massive backlog in patients waiting for essential surgery at the facility.
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More than 10,000 operations couldn't be done at Groote Schuur due to COVID
The hospital, like many others, has had to delay most medical procedures to care for coronavirus patients.
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Groote Schuur Hospital, Gift of the Givers on a mission to clear surgery backlog
The NGO has challenged South Africans and businesses to match its R5 million donation to the Surgical Recovery Project - in order to ensure these operations can happen and patients' well being can be restored.
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Fire breaks out at Groote Schuur Hospital, no injuries reported
Firefighters are on the scene and no injuries have been reported.
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Groote Schuur becomes Africa's first public hospital to use robotics in surgery
The Da Vinci Xi robotic system allows surgeons to perform procedures in numerous parts of the abdomen and can also be used for thoracic as well as head-and-neck surgeries.
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CT Philharmonic Orchestra honours SA healthcare workers with lunchtime concert
Musicians took up positions in front of Groote Schuur Hospital's main entrance for a lunch hour outdoor concert.
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‘I'm not a lab rat’ – Group stages anti-vax protest outside Groote Schuur Hosp
Authorities are on high alert as dozens of protesters took to the Groote Schuur Hospital on Saturday, staging an anti-COVID vaccination demonstration.
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No visitors allowed at Groote Schuur Hospital amid COVID third wave
With the country gripped in a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital managers have on Monday warned there now is an increased risk of spreading the coronavirus.
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'We are very scared': WC doctor pleads with govt to secure COVID-19 vaccine
Dr Abhaya Karki said getting a vaccine for the country was a key step towards winning the fight against the pandemic.
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Second COVID-19 wave sees younger people admitted into ICU - health experts
Health officials said that just weeks after the Sars-Cov-2 variant was identified, clinicians observed a distinct difference in the cohort of COVID-19 patients requiring ICU care.
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WC trauma units concerned about critically low blood stocks amid COVID-19
The Western Cape Blood Service currently has a two to three-day supply, a five-day supply is what's required.
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Groote Schuur health workers celebrate resilience with 'Jerusalema' dance
At least 584 health workers at the hospital have contracted the disease and five have died.
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Groote Schuur Hospital joins global study on critically ill COVID-19 patients
The study is hosted by the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium, a body that includes experts working at around 400 hospitals and research institutions in 52 countries.
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CT woman cleared of COVID-19 after 77-day hospital stay
Zukiswa Maqana spent weeks in Groote Schuur Hospital's intensive care unit.
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Groote Schuur tripled ICU beds for COVID-19 patients
The Western Cape Health Department said that Groote Schuur, as well as Tygerberg Hospital, have enough bed capacity for additional patients.
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Hospital team bonds formed during pandemic akin to war situations, says expert
Groote Schuur Hospital's professor Marc Mendelson was speaking on a panel of expert, giving insight into the treatment of infected patients in a hospital setting.
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Groote Schuur Hospital’s oxygen consumption up by 100% since May
This is one of the details that emerged during a webinar on Thursday, co-hosted by the South African Medical Research Council.
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2 more WC health workers succumb to COVID-19
Nineteen health workers in the province have died after being infected with the coronavirus.
