Netcare
Some private healthcare providers reveal plans to deal with COVID fourth wave
The Health Department has been getting ready for an expected fourth wave and the private health sector has joined in.
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KZN Netcare hospitals scramble for medical supplies after looters hit supplier
Looters targeted one of the hospital group's biggest suppliers.
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Netcare teams up with Old Mutual to open a vaccination site in Pinelands
Premier Winde on Monday afternoon opened a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Old Mutual Park offices in Pinelands, Cape Town.
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Netcare sets up temporary hospital in Limpopo amid high COVID admission
Netcare is the biggest private hospital group in South Africa and on Wednesday it said its staff were taking strain in some areas.
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Sentencing of Mahatma Gandhi’s great-granddaughter postponed to December
Ashish Lata Ramgobin was convicted of fraud, forgery amounting to R6.2 million on Monday in the Durban Commercial Crimes Court.
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Netcare denies irresponsibility at St Augustine's led to COVID-19 outbreak
Netcare said that 77 of the 80 healthcare workers who tested positive for COVID-19 at its St Augustine's Hospital in Durban had recovered.
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Netcare bolsters St. Augustines safety regulations after report release
According to a report from a University of Kwazulu-Natal team of experts, the St. Augustine’s outbreak could be linked to 14% of all COVID-19 cases in KwaZulu-Natal.
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KZN govt: UKZN didn’t consult Mkhize before releasing St Augustine's report
The researchers conducted an independent investigation into the outbreak at the facility.
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Netcare's Ceres Hospital reopens after COVID-19 infections
Hospital management took immediate action to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to identify all possible contacts after two staff members tested positive.
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Nehawu claims another KZN Netcare facility facing COVID-19 outbreak
The healthcare group is already dealing with outbreaks at its St Augustine's Hospital and Kingsway Hospital where it implemented partial shutdowns.
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7 more COVID-19 cases confirmed at Netcare's St Augustine's Hospital
This means there are now 83 reported cases of COVID-19 at Netcare facilities in the metro.
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4 more Kingsway Hospital health workers test positive for COVID-19
The employees are the latest to contract the virus just days after an outbreak was reported at the facility.
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6 workers test positive for COVID-19 at Netcare’s Kingsway Hospital
All new patient admissions at Kingsway Hospital have been halted indefinitely.
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Woman speaks out after mom not tested for COVID-19 at St Augustine's hospital
It’s not known if the patient did, in fact, contract the virus at the facility after being admitted for cardiovascular problems.
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Kingsway Hospital shuts emergency dept, halts admissions after COVID-19 outbreak
Netcare said that it had traced the outbreak to a patient who was admitted at the facility on 4 April.
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COVID-19: Durban's St Augustine’s Hospital to be kept under quarantine, says MEC
Government officials said that 66 people connected with St Augustine’s Hospital had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Durban hospital shut down after fifth COVID-19 related death
KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said the hospital had been shut indefinitely and officials were now in the process of transferring patients to other facilities.
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4 out 6 coronvirus deaths in KZN treated at hard hit St Augustine’s hospital
Four of the six patients who have died from the coronavirus in KZN were treated at Netcare’s St Augustine’s hospital, which has now stopped all new admissions after 20 staff members tested positive for the virus.
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COVID-19: Durban hospital shuts emergency dept after 11 staff test positive
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said four of the six patients who have died from the virus in the province were treated at the hospital.
