Forensic pathology officers based at the state morgue in Mthatha, who sometimes have to fetch dead bodies from crime and accident scenes, allegedly have to conduct postmortems themselves, instead of calling on professional doctors to do the job.
The Limpopo health department on Monday said its officials had started packaging the remains of the 42 identified victims of the horrific bus crash that occurred over the Easter weekend.
The Eastern Cape department of health is investing R380.9m in the recruitment of health workers, with the first cohort set to start in April. The budget for the 2024/2025 financial year is catering to post-community services health workers to provide much-needed services to healthcare facilities.
A gravely ill 12-year-old boy, who was vomiting blood and had a swollen body, had to be flown to hospital in an emergency medical services helicopter after an ambulance that was taking him to a local clinic in rural Mbizana was not able to reach the facility due to a community protest on Wednesday.