News and Speeches for Department of Health and Wellness
Media Alert: Motor Vehicle Accident on Franschhoek Pass
28 June 2011The Provincial Department of Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is currently working on the scene of a motor vehicle accident where a Sasko flour truck lost control due to brake failure and plunged over the side of the mountain in the... Read More
Media Alert: Introduction of Provincial AIDS Council to Media
28 June 2011The Provincial AIDS Council meets quarterly to determine the future proactive strategies with regard to the challenge of HIV and AIDS in communities across the province. Read More
Media Alert: Vaccination Shortages Update
26 June 2011For a period of about six weeks there has been a short supply of the vaccinations Pentaxim and Prevenar at community health centres. However, the situation has since been resolved. Read More
Medscheme Delivers a R100 000 Neonatal Incubator to New Somerset Hospital
26 June 2011The Medscheme Group has a delivered a much-needed incubator, worth R100 000, to New Somerset Hospital's Neonatal Unit. Read More
Media Alert: Medscheme Group Delivers R100 000 Neonatal Incubator to New Somerset Hospital
23 June 2011New Somerset Hospital's Neonatal Unit will receive a much needed incubator from the Medscheme Group, worth nearly R100 000. The donation will benefit the hospital and, most importantly, the premature babies who need them. Read More
Update: Old Paarl Road Motor Vehicle Accident
23 June 2011The Provincial Western Cape Department of Health: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident earlier this morning. Read More
Media Alert: Old Paarl Road Motor Vehicle Accident
23 June 2011The Provincial Western Cape Department of Health: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is currently on the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Read More
Western Cape Department of Health Walks Away with Top Performing Government Award
23 June 2011On Thursday night, 23 June 2011, Prof Craig Househam, Head of the Western Cape Department of Health, won the Top Performing Government Leader Award at the Annual African Access Business Awards held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Opens Surgical Skills Training Centre
21 June 2011The new Surgical Skills Training Centre at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, which was officially opened on Wednesday, 22 June 2011, is the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa to offer training in paediatric endoscopic surgery. Read More
New Forensic Pathology Laboratory Set to Improve Health Services in Winelands
9 June 2011The newly constructed Forensic Pathology Laboratory in Paarl was officially opened today and complements the expansion of health facilities in the Winelands, with the official opening of the Emergency Unit at Paarl Hospital last year and the... Read More
Media Alert: Official Opening of Paarl Forensic Pathology Laboratory
8 June 2011The Western Cape Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha, will officially open the new Paarl Forensic Pathology Facility on the premises of the TC Newman Community Health Centre tomorrow, 10 June 2011. Read More
Red Cross Children's Hospital: Message of Thanks
6 June 2011This message was posted on the Children's Hospital Trust's Facebook fan page by a grateful parent of a patient at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Read More
Update: Death of Two Manenberg Infants under Investigation
2 June 2011The death of the five-month-old baby girl was not related to the vaccination as the autopsy results indicated that the baby died of natural causes. She was presented as dead on arrival at the clinic. She was not vaccinated on that particular day. Read More
Deaths of Two Manenberg Infants under Investigation
1 June 2011Media Release by Western Cape Provincial Government and City of Cape TownThe Province and the City would like to extend their deepest condolences to the families of the two babies who died yesterday. Read More
Launch of Road to Health Booklet Spells New Monitoring System for Child's Health
1 June 2011Health Minister, Theuns Botha, hugs new mother, Nulovuyo Jacobs of Mitchell's Plain, at the handover of the new Road to Health booklet at Mowbray Maternity Hospital. Read More
Minister Botha Launches Road to Health Booklet
30 May 2011The Department of Health has issued the Road to Health Booklet (RtHB) to parents and guardians, which will assist health workers in monitoring the growth and development of a child's health. Read More
Media Alert: Minister Botha Launches Road to Health Booklet
29 May 2011Western Cape Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha, will officially launch the Road to Health Booklet on 31 May at Mowbray Maternity Hospital. Read More
Media Alert: Health Facilities Fully Operational during Elections
16 May 2011All public health facilities across the Western Cape will function as normal with a full complement staff throughout the course of Election Day (18 May). Read More
Media Alert: Touws River Taxi Accident - 15 May 2011
15 May 2011On 15 May 2011, 5 km outside of Touws River on the N1 (direction Lainsburg) past 05:00 in the morning, a minibus taxi carrying 22 passengers rolled, causing the loss of ten people's lives and 14 injured survivors. The taxi was traveling from the... Read More
International Nurses' Day - Bursaries For Nurses
11 May 2011Today, on International Nurses' Day, the Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, visited the step-down facility for chronically ill children, the St Joseph's Home, in Montana. Minister Botha spent time with 63 nurses and thanked them for... Read More
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