News and Speeches for Ministry of Health & Wellness
Media Alert: False Bay Hospital Receives a Much Needed Donation
21 July 2010The False Bay Hospital will today, receive a donation of a defibrillator valued at R65 000, 00 from a private donor through the False Bay Hospital Association of voluntary workers. Read More
ESKOM hand over R50 000 to Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC)
21 July 2010On 21 July, Nandu Bhula, Eskom General Manager, Peaking Generation Portfolio, handed over a cheque of R50 000 to Jenny Hendry, CEO of the Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC). Read More
Media Alert: Launch of the SurgiBank Electronic Emergency Surgery Triage System
19 July 2010Groote Schuur Hospital will launch a new first for South Africa when they introduce the first electronic system to display colour coded surgical emergency cases by their clinical urgency. Read More
Providing the Correct Health Care within the Public Health Service
15 July 2010In order to ensure that urgent care is given to patients in need, both staff and the public should be aware of the correct procedure for referring patients to the most appropriate level of care, at the same time ensuring such referral will bring the... Read More
Media Alert: MEC Grant and MEC Winde to Visit Nomsa Mpongwana Primary School
15 July 2010On Sunday, Education Minister for the Western Cape, Donald Grant, and Tourism and Finance Minister, Alan Winde, will be taking part in community activities at Nomsa Mapongwana Primary School in Khayelitsha in celebration of Mandela Day. Read More
Accident on the R45 towards Franschoek
14 July 2010Four injured and five are in a stable condition after a motor vehicle accident took place on the R45 towards Franschoek in peak traffic this morning between two Toyota Hilux vehicles, a mini bus and a sedan. It is estimated that the incident could... Read More
German Institute Donates R15 Million Mobile Laboratory for HIV Counselling and Testing
14 July 2010The fight against HIV/Aids has received a massive shot in the arm after a mobile laboratory worth approximately R15 million was donated to the Western Cape Department of Health, by the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert,... Read More
HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Campaign roll-out in Province
11 July 2010Earlier this year in May, the Department of Health launched the provincial HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign. Read More
Hospital Gives Record Number of Children Specialised Procedure in One Day
11 July 2010On Friday 9 July 2010, five children, two of whom are younger than two months old, have had vascular access lines inserted in their neck veins at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Read More
Hospital Gives Record Number of Children Specialised Procedure in One Day
11 July 2010On Friday 9 July 2010, five children, two of whom are younger than two months old, have had vascular access lines inserted in their neck veins at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Read More
Accident on De La Rey and Fransie van Zyl Roads
11 July 2010One fatality, one critical and eight injured in an accident on De La Rey and Fransie van Zyl at 4h30 this morning. According to Metro Rescue staff on the scene, a large truck impacted a small mini bus, pushing it into the fence of a private property. Read More
Global Fund Hands over R1.2 Billion for Province's HIV/Aids Programme
6 July 2010The Western Cape Department of Health has been granted R1.2 billion (over the next 6 years) for provincial HIV/AIDS programmes by the Global Fund. Read More
Media Alert: Official Acknowledgment of the Hand-Over of Funds to the Western Cape Department of Health
5 July 2010The event is an acknowledgment of the hand-over of funds, officiated by Dr Fareed Abdullah, representing the Global Fund, and Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, for the funding of Western Cape HIV programmes. Read More
Western Cape Health Minister Orders Probe into Shortage of Chronic Medication
4 July 2010Following the surfacing last week of a shortage of chronic medication mainly at clinics in the Metropole, Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, requested a detailed investigation into the reasons for the shortages, as well as proposals to... Read More
Friends of the Children's Hospital Association (FOCHA) Help's Patient to Breathe Easy
27 June 2010Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital patient, Daurelle Crotz, of Bellville, can breathe easy once more, thanks to a R80 000 donation by the pupils of Springfield Convent School in Wynberg to the Friends of the Children's Hospital Association (... Read More
Neurosurgical High Care Improves at Groote Schuur Hospital
27 June 2010The Neurosurgical High Care area at Groote Schuur Hospital has been moved to ward D13. High Care provides service for patients with single organ failure who require intensive monitoring. Read More
Media Alert: MEC to Visit Mitchells Plain Hospital Construction Site
22 June 2010Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, will visit the construction site of the Mitchell's Plain Hospital today to ascertain for himself the progress. Information on the impact assessment study will also be provided. Read More
Royalty Visits Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
17 June 2010On Friday 18 June 2010 at 15h30 Prince William and Prince Harry visited the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The Hospital is the only specialist hospital in southern Africa dedicated entirely to children. Read More
New Community Day Centre for Malmesbury
14 June 2010A brand new Community Day Centre offering extensive primary health care services to Malmesbury and its surrounding areas will soon be built in West Bank, Malmesbury. Read More
Western Cape Health Address Preventable Blindness
13 June 2010With an indigent population of about four (4) million in Cape Town, it is estimated that thirty thousand (30 000) people are blind of which twenty three thousand (23 000) blind cases could have been prevented, because the origin of their blindness... Read More
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