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Nursing staff go about their duties on Ward 16 of the Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital in Edenvale, Gauteng.

Rahima moosa mother and child hospital

SA's doctors decry intimidation, victimisation of healthcare workers

By Bernadette Wicks

Last month, paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer spoke out about the “horrendous” conditions in the country’s public hospitals.

  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Health Ombuds asked to investigate Rahima Moosa Hospital's CEO

    Members of Parliament's portfolio committee of health visited the hospital on Friday following outcry over the suspension of a doctor and whistleblower.

    51 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Gauteng Health Dept says it will address appalling conditions at facilities

    Paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer is back at work at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg after he placed on precautionary suspension for alleged misconduct.

    65 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Calls mount for Gauteng health dept to reinstate de Maayer

    Paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer was placed on precautionary suspension by management at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg due to alleged misconduct.

    65 days ago
  • MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi visited Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (4 April 2022) to engage with management following a video of pregnant women sitting on chairs and sleeping on the floor. Picture: @GautengHealth/ Twitter.

    Health MEC visits Rahima Moosa Hospital over treatment of pregnant women

    A video of pregnant women sleeping on the hospital floor went viral and has sparked an outcry.

    132 days ago
  • FILE: The Gift of the Givers drill for water at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital on 3 June 2021. Picture: @GiftoftheGivers/Twitter

    Borehole drilled by GotG provides enough water to meet Rahima Moosa Hosp demand

    The intermittent supply affected functioning at the hospitals, with staff simultaneously having to deal with the COVID-19 third wave and load shedding.

    429 days ago
  • FILE: The Gift of the Givers drill for water at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital on 3 June 2021. Picture: @GiftoftheGivers/Twitter

    Gift of the Givers urges community to help find solution to Joburg water crisis

    The organisation has stepped into the leadership vacuum to help the Rahima Moosa Hospital in Coronationville and the Helen Joseph Hospital in Auckland Park cope with limited supplies of water.

    437 days ago
  • The Gift of the Givers said the water would be tested and approved for human consumption and would serve as a backup plan to avoid a future crisis. Picture: Veronica Makhoali/Eyewitness News.

    Lasting solution: Gift of the Givers drills groundwater at Rahima Moosa Hospital

    The hospital and surrounding communities have had little water following problems in Johannesburg.

    437 days ago
  • The South African Human Rights Commission's Buang Jones. Picture Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    SAHRC concerned about knock-on effect of water outages on Joburg hospitals

    Yesterday, the commission's provincial manager Buang Jones visited the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital after reports that cancer patients were unable to receive treatment at the facility. With parts of Charlotte Maxeke destroyed by fire and other facilities relying on water trucks, Johannesburg's hospitals are in a critical condition.

    439 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Funeral arrangements under way for baby after Rahima Moosa Hospital mix-up

    The hospital conducted genetic tests proving that the dead baby boy who was handed to Hilda Mpofu's family was indeed her child after an error was initially recorded shortly after her triplets were born.

    779 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Joburg hospital to meet with family over deceased baby gender confusion

    On Thursday, Eyewitness News reported how an alleged error in the hospital’s baby sex recording system had led to the confusion, which left Linda Mpofu with two babies after giving birth to triplets.

    787 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Family demands answers after baby goes missing at Rahima Moosa Hospital

    Thirty-five-year-old Hilda Mpofu, a domestic worker gave birth to premature triplets – two girls and a boy - at the facility last Thursday, but now finds herself with only two children, a baby boy and girl.

    788 days ago
  • 'We are the last defence'- COVID-19 from a doctor’s perspective

    EWN spoke to Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile, one of South Africa’s doctors in the frontline of the battle against coronavirus in South Africa. She shares the pressures and fears of being part of essential services, and gives her advice to South Africans in this stressful time. #CoronavirusSA #HealthWorkers #Lockdown

    860 days ago
  • The trauma of South African public healthcare

    EWN multimedia producer Sethembiso Zulu spent more than a month in Gauteng's public hospitals observing how the South African public health system works. He reports back on his experience.

    1008 days ago
  • Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Dept admits overcrowding an issue at Rahima Moosa hospital

    The National Institute for Communicable Diseases conducted an investigation at the facility after nine infants died following the outbreak earlier this year.

    1370 days ago
  • FILE: Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    Gauteng Health Dept acknowledges overcrowding in province's hospitals

    The Human Rights Commission visited the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital on Thursday after nine babies died at the facility due to an outbreak of necrotising enterocolitis in September.

    1375 days ago
  • The Human Rights Commission's Buang Jones gestures during a press conference on 8 November 2018. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    [WATCH] Human Rights Commission to subpoena Gauteng Health Dept

    The Human Rights Commission conducted a site inspection at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital following reports of nine infants dying due an outbreak of the necrotising enterocolitis bacteria.

    1375 days ago
  • FILE: Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    SAHRC to subpoena Ramokgopa, Lukhele over baby deaths at Gauteng hospital

    The commission visited the hospital on Thursday to investigate whether those deaths could have been prevented.

    1375 days ago
  • FILE: Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg. Picture: Google Earth

    SAHRC to visit Rahima Moosa Hospital after necrotising enterocolitis outbreak

    Necrotising enterocolitis affects the intestines of premature babies and could lead to an infection.

    1376 days ago
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