Hospitals turn to solar power to combat worsening power crisis
With indications that the power crisis could get even worse, hospitals and the Department of Health are scurrying to find solutions to a life-threatening crisis.
With indications that the power crisis could get even worse, hospitals and the Department of Health are scurrying to find solutions to a life-threatening crisis.
In total, the provincial Departments of Health have lost more than R121 million through corruption since January 2020, says Michele Clarke.
Minister Gwede Mantashe’s Eskom 2.0 idea is deemed “preposterous” by the DA’s shadow minister of public enterprises, Ghaleb Cachalia.
President Ramaphosa has reminded South Africans to be cautious as Covid-19 is overwhelming the country’s hospitals
Private hospital company Mediclinic says its hospitals are running at capacity as the number of critically ill Covid-19 patients surges.
Speaking to the BBC, a whistleblower has revealed the poor conditions that doctors and Covid-19 patients alike are exposed to in a Gauteng hospital.
The BBC presents South Africa as a country with a failing state healthcare system, with the spotlight on filthy Eastern Cape hospitals.
Hospitals are high-risk hotspots for the spread of Covid-19, with nurses and other health care workers succumbing to the disease.
Risks have risen for cyberattacks as coping with Covid-19 distracts business managers, as a cyberattack on South Africa’s Life Healthcare hospitals shows.
In Episode 36 of his new book, author Julian Roup learns that people die at home rather than go to hospital for fear of Covid-19.