News and Speeches for Department of Health and Wellness
All Children Must be Immunised Against Measles
11 April 2010Some health care professionals have been reluctant to immunise infants or children against measles if there is a history of egg allergies or even if the child has not yet eaten an egg before. Read More
Measles Status in the Western Cape
11 April 2010The logistical arrangements for this Outbreak Response commenced on 1 March 2010 with actual immunisation of children in these hot spot areas in full swing by 8 March 2010. Read More
Health Workers' Response to Measles Outbreak
6 April 2010The overwhelming frustration and despair associated with an epidemic of this seriousness has been replaced with a sense of optimism and hardened resolve. Read More
Rift Valley Fever Spreads to the Western Cape Province
28 March 2010Notwithstanding the strategic application of 40 000 doses of Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine sponsored by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture in the Murraysburg district of the Karoo, RVF has spread to the Beaufort West district in the... Read More
Western Cape Department of Health Receives 71 New Ambulances
23 March 2010Today Western Cape Minister for Transport Robin Carlisle officially handed over 71 new ambulances to Western Cape Minister for Health, Theuns Botha and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Unit. Read More
Media Alert: Groote Schuur Hospital Client Satisfaction Survey
22 March 2010Groote Schuur Hospital will be having a client satisfaction survey from 23 March 2010 till 29 March 2010. Read More
French Government Donates R13 Billion for Grabouw Community Health Centre Upgrade
22 March 2010The French President had made an undertaking to donate funds towards increasing Anti-Retroviral (ART) infrastructure when he visited Western Cape about 18 months ago. Read More
Media Alert: Stikland Hospital Book Sale and Information Session
16 March 2010Associated Psychiatric Hospital, Stikland will be hosting a book sale and information session at Tyger Valley Shopping Centre the weekend 26 - 28 March 2010, from 09:00 on the Friday morning until 17:00 on Sunday afternoon. Read More
Tygerberg Hospital Hosts an Open Day
10 March 2010Tygerberg Hospital will host an Open Day today on the hospital grounds, where various departments will have information stalls and material available to the public. The event will start at 10:00 and Radio Tygerberg will broadcast live from the venue. Read More
Media Alert: Tygerberg Hospital's Open Day
9 March 2010Tygerberg Hospital will host an Open Day where various departments from the hospital will have information stalls and material available to the public. Radio Tygerberg will broadcast live from the venue. Read More
Media Alert: World Glaucoma Week: 7 -13 March 2010
9 March 2010Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages the optic nerve of the eye, leading to vision loss and possible blindness. Read More
Private Sector Contributes to Somerset Hospital Children's Trauma Ward
8 March 2010The money will be used to fit out the new paediatric trauma ward with comfortable child-friendly furniture and modern state-of-the-art equipment. The new ward forms part of the new trauma unit at Somerset Hospital, to be officially opened at the end... Read More
Update on Somerset Hospital's Measles Ward
7 March 2010Somerset Hospital opened an extra 32 beds, dedicated to the care of children with measles. The new unit opened on Wednesday 24 February 2010 and aims to relieve the pressure of large numbers of children with measles being admitted. Read More
Measles Vaccination Campaign in Province Effective and Efficient
4 March 2010Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, today reinforced the message that in the Western Cape there are 35 000 measles vaccinations available, and that in hot spot areas in the Cape children are vaccinated as they are presented at their local... Read More
Media Alert: Jazz in the Park Concert
2 March 2010The Department of Health's Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC) for Persons with Physical Disabilities will be hosting a Jazz in the Park concert on 7 March 2010, at the Maynardville Open Air theatre. Read More
CT Scanner Donated to Groote Schuur Hospital
28 February 2010When UCT Private Academic Hospital (UCTPAH) recently acquired a new 64-slice CT scanner, their decision to donate Read More
Western Cape Research Priority List Requested by Provincial Health Minister
24 February 2010Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, today stressed the importance of the allocation of money towards research. Read More
Current Measles Situation in the Western Cape
24 February 2010The countrywide spread of measles has now been officially declared an outbreak in the Western Cape. Read More
Western Cape Measles Immunisation Campaign Fast Forwarded
3 February 2010The Western Cape Department of Health has fast forwarded the immunisation campaign to combat the outbreak of measles originally planned for April this year. Read More
Student Unrest at Western Cape College of Nursing
26 January 2010Due to the student unrest situation prevailing at the Western Cape College of Nursing (WCCN), the management of the Western Cape Department of Health and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has jointly agreed that the WCCN including its... Read More
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