Heightened security measures are set to be implemented at all health facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay after the assault of a nurse at the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital at the weekend, the latest in a string of recent criminal acts at hospitals and clinics.
Healthcare workers, stakeholders and residents affected by the closure of Orsmond TB Hospital were left hot under the collar on Wednesday when they discovered plans were already afoot to transfer the nurses and patients to Jose Pearson TB Hospital in Bethelsdorp.
Laundry crisis at Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals Patients have to sleep on dirty linen, say union and DA, but department downplays problem PREMIUM By Guy Rogers - 21 April 2021
The provincial health department’s dirty laundry was aired on Monday as Nehawu and the DA spotlighted a crisis unfolding at two Nelson Mandela Bay state hospitals.
Responding to allegations that Gqeberha’s Livingstone and Provincial hospital had run out of clean linen, Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo retorted that the matter was being exaggerated and while supplies were low they did have some left.
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Dora Nginza Hospital staff protest over PMDS payment
Yolanda Palezweni Digital Reporter 12 April 2021
Several staffers at Dora Nginza Hospital downed tools on Monday as they embarked on a protest over Performance Management Development System (PMDS) payments.
Nehawu regional secretary Sweetness Stokwe said the main reason for the strike was to address the issue of some public servants not receiving their payment increments for two years.
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