Rahima moosa mother and child hospital
SA's doctors decry intimidation, victimisation of healthcare workers
Last month, paediatrician Dr Tim de Maayer spoke out about the “horrendous” conditions in the country’s public hospitals.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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SAHRC to visit Rahima Moosa Hospital after necrotising enterocolitis outbreak
Necrotising enterocolitis affects the intestines of premature babies and could lead to an infection.
