News and Speeches for Department of Health and Wellness
Media Alert: Tygerberg Hospital Celebrates End-of-Year Functions with Emo Adams
27 November 2011Tygerberg Hospital's Facility Board will sponsor the end-of-year functions for the Tygerberg Hospital staff over a period of three days from 29 November 2011 to 1 December 2011. Read More
NTP Donates PET-CT Scanner to Tygerberg Hospital
24 November 2011Today, Western Cape Government Health, NTP Radioisotopes (Pty) Ltd and its parent company Necsa will be celebrating the intermediate phase of installing a R32-million Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scanner at Tygerberg... Read More
Media Alert: Official Opening of Melkhoutfontein Clinic
24 November 2011Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, will officially open the new Melkhoutfontein Clinic on Monday, 28 November 2011. Read More
Mowbray Maternity Hospital Celebrates 95th Birthday
23 November 2011The Mowbray Maternity Hospital is celebrating 95 years of existence. As part of the birthday celebrations, the facility's Hospital Board will introduce a fundraising campaign (which will be launched in 2012) to mobilise much-needed funding for the... Read More
Rural Pharmacist Walks Away with National Excellence Award
21 November 2011Western Cape Government Health is delighted to announce that Mr Sampie van Staden, Chief Pharmacist for the Robertson area (Langeberg sub-district), was awarded the National Pharmacy Excellence Award. Read More
Media Alert: EMS Responded to Motor Vehicle Accident on N7
21 November 2011Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a motor vehicle accident on the N7 early this morning:N7 near Atlantis - At 06:22 - In a head-on collision between a taxi, truck and car, EMS personnel attended to 12... Read More
Dental Surgery Waiting List Reduced by 75%
20 November 2011A simple strategy has helped patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital to get lifesaving treatment sooner. Read More
Media Alert: Mowbray Maternity Hospital Celebrates its 95th Birthday
20 November 2011Mowbray Maternity Hospital will be celebrating its 95th birthday on Wednesday, 23 November 2011. Read More
Media Alert: Update on N1 Accident
20 November 2011Nineteen people lost their lives and 17 were hospitalised on Tuesday, 15 November 2011, as a result of an accident between two minibus taxis and a truck near Prins Albert on the N1. To date, two of the 17 patients are still in hospital. Read More
Vredenburg Hospital Receives Baby-Friendly Accreditation
16 November 2011Vredenburg Hospital celebrated its baby-friendly status by hosting a celebration ceremony on Thursday, 17 November 2011, in recognition of receiving the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) accreditation. Read More
Media Alert: Vredenburg Hospital Receives Baby-Friendly Accreditation
15 November 2011Vredenburg Hospital's baby-friendly status will be officiated tomorrow by Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha. Read More
New Smiles for Western Cape Kids
14 November 2011Imagine your child was born with a broken smile. Then, you finally get offered the chance to take the child for life-changing facial reconstructive surgery. Devastatingly, you do not even have money for transport to take your child to the hospital. Read More
Media Alert: EMS Rescue Calls - 14 and 15 November 2011
14 November 2011Monday, 14 November 2011 - At 15:36 on Silverly Road, Wynberg - A 24-year-old male was in a critical condition after a wall on a construction site collapsed. Read More
Specialised Surgery Performed at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital for the First Time
13 November 2011Tinika Davies of Delft has a hereditary deformity of the chest which puts a lot of pressure on her lungs and heart. Read More
EMS Allocate New Paediatric Ambulance to Service the Cape Winelands
13 November 2011Today the Children's Hospital Trust handed over a fully equipped paediatric ambulance to Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as part of the partnership between Western Cape Government Health's EMS and the Children's... Read More
EMS First to Purchase New Structural Collapse Rescue Tool
13 November 2011Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have purchased a new state-of-the-art rescue tool to the value of R100 000 to be utilised in concrete and structural collapse rescues. The Holmatro Concrete Crusher is the first of... Read More
Media Alert: Cape Winelands and George EMS Paediatric Ambulances Upgraded
13 November 2011On 14 November and 12 December 2011, the Children's Hospital Trust will hand over two fully equipped paediatric ambulances to Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Celebrates Day of Remembrance
10 November 2011On 11 November 2011, a Day of Remembrance was held to honour the World War II servicemen and veterans who initiated the fundraising and building of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in the early 1950's. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Botha to Visit Saturday Surgery Team at Red Cross Hospital
10 November 2011On Saturday, 12 November 2011, the Western Cape Health Minister, Theuns Botha, will visit the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital to meet patients and parents that are set to benefit from the Saturday surgeries made possible through a... Read More
Media Alert: Hanover Park CHC Extends Operating Hours
10 November 2011Hanover Park Community Health Centre will offer family planning and cervical/pap smear services during extended hours on Wednesdays, Thursdays and every third Saturday of the month. In keeping with the package of care, the service will very soon... Read More
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