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Cancer treatment interrupted for hundreds after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay medication bills

Maverick Citizen

Cancer treatment interrupted for hundreds after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay medication bills

By Estelle Ellis

Accreditation chaos prompts trainee specialists to abandon Eastern Cape state hospitals

South Africa

Accreditation chaos prompts trainee specialists to abandon Eastern Cape state hospitals

By Estelle Ellis

Eastern Cape health MEC reports call centre managers to the Public Service Commission over lapsed licences

Maverick Citizen

Eastern Cape health MEC reports call centre managers to the Public Service Commission over lapsed licences

By Estelle Ellis

Concern in Komani after 120 children fall ill from suspected food poisoning

Maverick Citizen

Concern in Komani after 120 children fall ill from suspected food poisoning

By Estelle Ellis

Rural patients forced to endure fallout of EMS strike in Eastern Cape

South Africa

Rural patients forced to endure fallout of EMS strike in Eastern Cape

By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight

Eastern Cape Department of Health in legal bid to halt lump sum payouts for medical negligence

South Africa

Eastern Cape Department of Health in legal bid to halt lump sum payouts for medical negligence

By Estelle Ellis

Villagers forced to make gruelling 70km journey to get vaccinated

South Africa

Villagers forced to make gruelling 70km journey to get vaccinated

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn

South Africa

Department approves 10 specialists, including two neurosurgeons, for Livingstone hospital

By Estelle Ellis

A frontline view of vaccination efforts in the rural Eastern Cape

South Africa

A frontline view of vaccination efforts in the rural Eastern Cape

By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight

Phase 2 vaccines kick off in SA, service delivery protest stalls rollout in Free State and behind the scenes of the Phase 1 J&J vaccine

South Africa

Phase 2 vaccines kick off in SA, service delivery protest stalls rollout in Free State and behind the scenes of the Phase 1 J&J vaccine

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Toxic mess: Debt crisis leads to medical waste pile-up at Eastern Cape hospitals

South Africa

Toxic mess: Debt crisis leads to medical waste pile-up at Eastern Cape hospitals

By Estelle Ellis

Medical mythbusters hard at work to convince sceptical EC health workers to get vaccinated

South Africa

Medical mythbusters hard at work to convince sceptical EC health workers to get vaccinated

By Estelle Ellis