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Groote schuur hospital

Staff member sets up food garden at Groote Schuur Hospital

By Keely Goodall

The tube feeding operator, Keanan Collins, spoke on the Afternoon Drive with John Maytham about this project to bring healthy food to the hospital.

  • FILE: Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    151 days ago
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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.

    151 days ago
  • Groote Schuur Hospital has partnered with Disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers to cut back on the hospital’s surgical backlog of more than 6,000 cases. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    152 days ago
  • FILE: Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    Fire breaks out at Groote Schuur Hospital, no injuries reported

    Firefighters are on the scene and no injuries have been reported.

    243 days ago
  • A surgeon at the Groote Schuur Hospital demonstrates the use of the Da Vinci Xi robotic system in surgeries. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    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.

    256 days ago
  • The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra performs outside the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on 15 September 2021. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    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.

    284 days ago
  • FILE: Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    ‘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.

    309 days ago
  • FILE: Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    369 days ago
  • A hospital worker and patient with COVID-19 in in the resuscitation room of the COVID-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital, about 35km from the centre of Cape Town, on 29 December 2020. Picture: AFP.

    '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.

    535 days ago
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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.

    536 days ago
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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.

    565 days ago
  • Healthcare workers at Groote Schuur, trying to stay positive, do the "Jerusalema" dance challenge. Picture:  Kevin Brandt/EWN

    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.

    676 days ago
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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.

    695 days ago
  • Zukiswa Maqana spent weeks in Groote Schuur Hospital's intensive care unit after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Picture: Supplied

    CT woman cleared of COVID-19 after 77-day hospital stay

    Zukiswa Maqana spent weeks in Groote Schuur Hospital's intensive care unit.

    704 days ago
  • Groote Schuur Hospital. Picture: EWN

    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.

    717 days ago
  • Deputy Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla officially opened Groote Schuur Hospital’s COVID-19 triage and testing centre on 12 June 2020. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN

    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.

    723 days ago
  • FILE: Groote Schuur Hospital in the Western Cape. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News.

    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.

    723 days ago
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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.

    732 days ago
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