News and Speeches for Department of Health and Wellness
Media Alert: Tygerberg Children's Hospital Christmas Party
24 November 2010Tygerberg Children's Hospital will host their annual Christmas Party for four hundred (400) patients at the hospital. The children come from various areas surrounding areas and have been either inpatients or outpatients at the hospital. Read More
No Blue Lights for Western Cape Ministers
22 November 2010Following a resolution by the Western Cape cabinet at the beginning of this month to regulate the use of blue lights and sirens, all blue lights and sirens were removed from provincial ministerial vehicles during November. Read More
Media Alert: Groote Schuur Hospital Telephone Exchange Upgrade
21 November 2010Groote Schuur Hospital will install its new telephone operating system on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 between 22h00 and 23h59. Read More
100 Children to Receive Life-saving Heart Surgery at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
18 November 2010Valkenberg Hospital's Ward 11 Handover Celebration
18 November 2010On 19 November 2010, the Claremont Rotary Club, along with the Friends of Valkenberg Trust, hosted a handover celebration in Ward 11 at Valkenberg Hospital. The Rotary Club made a significant donation of sixty thousand rand (R60 000) to the hospital... Read More
Health MEC Botha: Partnerships Make Paediatric Cardiac Surgeries Possible
18 November 2010Since January this year a total of three hundred and thirty (230) cardiac surgeries were performed at Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital - an average of twenty-three (23) per month. Read More
Media Alert: Valkenberg Hospital's Ward 11 Handover Celebration
17 November 2010On 19 November 2010, a plaque will be mounted and unveiled in Ward 11 at Valkenberg to commemorate the donation of R 60 000 received from the Claremont Rotary Club and the Friends of Valkenberg Trust. Read More
Provincial Government Will Not Allow Disruption of Health Service Delivery
16 November 2010Following reports that a provincial ambulance was stoned in the course of last week's protest action in Khayelitsha, Theuns Botha, Western Cape Minister of Health said the damage of government property is to the detriment of communities that need it... Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Honours Dedicated Staff at Long Service Awards
15 November 2010Dedicated employees who have been working for Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital for twenty (20), thirty (30) and forty (40) years, were honoured at Long Service Awards on Tuesday November 16. Read More
The Vodacom Smile Week Comes to Tygerberg Academic Hospital this November
15 November 2010From 15 - 19 November, the Smile Foundation will provide approximately fourteen (14) children with cranio-facial and cleft surgery in Tygerberg Academic Hospital's world-class theatres. Read More
Relocation of Paarl Forensic Pathology Unit
15 November 2010At the beginning of this month the Paarl Forensic Pathology unit relocated its facility to the TC Newman Community Health Centre in Broadway Street, Paarl East. Read More
Launch of the Western Cape Education Department's Textbook Retrieval Campaign
14 November 2010The Western Cape government is fully committed to the provision of textbooks to all our learners, as we believe they are an indispensable learning tool. Read More
Fifteen Million Rand Mobile Laboratory for Mass Diseases Arrives from Germany
10 November 2010The fifteen (R15m) million rand mobile laboratory donated for HIV Counselling and Testing arrived from Germany in the Cape Town harbour this week. After clearing customs, the unit was transported to its new home at Tygerberg Hospital. Read More
Media Alert: Fifteen Million Rand Mobile Laboratory for HIV Counselling and Testing Arrives from Germany
9 November 2010The fifteen (R15m) million rand mobile laboratory donated for HIV Counselling and Testing arrived from Germany in the Cape Town harbour this week. After the complicated clearance procedure through customs, the unit was transported to its new home at... Read More
Media Alert: Community Nursing School Celebrates Graduation
9 November 2010The Western Cape Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha, will preside over the annual graduation of Worcester Hospital's Nursing Students.The nursing school, established in 1998, has been instrumental in the training and placement of well over three... Read More
Media Alert: Tygerberg Hospital Nursing Pledge Ceremony
9 November 2010On Thursday, 11 November 2010, Tygerberg Hospital will hold their Nursing Pledge Ceremony Awards, at 14h00 in Disa Hall. The ceremony will award the Nursing staff for their dedication and hard work towards quality care. Read More
Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre Host its Second Wheelchair Challenge
7 November 2010The Department of Health, Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC), Eskom and the QuadPara Association of the Western Cape (QAWC) joined forces to host the second Wheelchair Challenge on Saturday, 6 November 2010. Read More
Minister to Receive Anova Service Structures
4 November 2010The Western Cape Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha, accepted the handover of the structures built and sponsored by the NGO, Anova Health with support from the American people, through the United States Agency for International Developm Read More
Global Diabetes Run/Walk 2010
4 November 2010Every ten (10) seconds a person dies of diabetes related causes and within the same ten (10) seconds two people have developed the disease. Each year this adds up to more than three (3) million deaths and more than seven (7) million new cases of... Read More
Media Alert: QuadPara Association of the Western Cape Host Second Wheelchair Challenge
4 November 2010The Department of Health's Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC), Eskom and the QuadPara Association of the Western Cape (QAWC) will join forces in holding the second WCRC Wheelchair Challenge.The main objective of the event is to market the... Read More
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