Nelson Mandela University (NMU) has formally launched its new medical school with the focus on producing top drawer community-minded doctors willing to practise in poor and rural areas.
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The opening of the Nelson Mandela University medical school is a boost for public health and will play an integral role in the provision of healthcare in rural and township hospitals.
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Juniour Khumalo Share Premier Oscar Mabuyane at the launch of the ninth vaccination site at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane, East London. Picture: Twitter
Premier Mabuyane says the province’s turnaround strategy involved political parties, civil society, faith-based organisations and a panel of experts.
In its daily Covid-19 updates, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, this week said it had noted an upsurge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the Northern Cape, North West and the Free State.
Surprisingly, the Eastern Cape – one of the worst epicentres of Covid-19 infections and deaths not so long ago – has consistently been recording some of the lowest infection rates in the country.