The uptake of vaccines at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha remains low. The Eastern Cape health department confirmed on Monday that health workers were reluctant to be vaccinated due to the myths around it.
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An Eastern Cape family is desperate to find an ill relative who disappeared under mysterious circumstances from East London's Frere Hospital in December. Johnny Boeties White, who is a cancer patient, was captured on CCTV cameras leaving the hospital on his own on December 22. The provincial health department's patient transport vehicle took him from the Fort Beaufort Hospital to the Frere for treatment.
Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha. (Netwerk24)
Health concerns have been raised about scenes outside the East London home affairs office where hundreds are queuing and disregarding health protocols.
Home Affairs confirmed that more than 400 people from different parts of the Eastern Cape visit the branch and are attended to by 16 employees.
An unreliable Home Affairs system that crashes daily, and staff reduced by 50% to observe regulations, are some of the factors contributing to massive delays.
Disturbing pictures and videos have been doing the rounds on social media showing hundreds of people queueing outside the East London Home Affairs branch, disregarding Covid-19 health protocols.
SA Medical Innovation To Aid COVID-19 Patients 3 months ago 4 min read
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As South African healthcare workers struggle to contain a second wave of COVID-19, some hope is at hand with the formal licencing approval of a simple, efficient, portable and cost-effective device that delivers consistently high levels of oxygen to COVID-19 patients and helps keep their lungs from collapsing.
This proudly South African invention, named OxERA (Oxygen-Efficient Respiratory Aid), could be a game changer where there are a large number of COVID-19 patients yet a lack of skilled staff, ICU and high care facilities; and insufficient bulk oxygen supplies. It effectively bridges the gap between current standard oxygen therapy via face masks and ICU-based non-invasive or mechanical ventilation, while requiring no more oxygen flow than a standard face mask.