A woman claims her 75-year-old mother contracted Covid-19 from staff at a private hospital in KZN.She also alleges that nurses assaulted her mother during a previous hospital stay.The hospital says it will continue to investigate the complaint and is not taking the matter lightly.A KwaZulu-Natal family is reeling after their 75-year-old matriarch went into hospital…
FAMILY. REPORTER: THEY REALLY DO. IT REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HATE TO REPORT TO YOU. THIS HAPPENED IN COMANCHE COUNTY. THE FAMILY SAYING THAT ANNA CARTER ONE HOUR AFTER ARRIVING AT THE COMANCHE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM HOSPITAL. -- FROM JUVENILE SCLERODERMA. THE FAMILY SAYING HER IMMUNE SYSTEM…
Nthuthuzelo Herald Ponoyi from George, Western Cape, died after being infected with the coronavirus. The family of a beloved minister from George is mourning his death after he succumbed to the coronavirus.Nthuthuzelo Herald Ponoyi died on 4 July after a short illness.His sister described him as the "captain of the Ponoyi ship" and "a born…
Wynand Breedt with his mom Beulah and sisters Lynette and Christelle. (Supplied) The family of Afrikaans singer, Wynand Breedt, say there is a void in their family after he was shot and killed last week.Friends describe him as caring and warm, as well as one of the best musicians. He also ran an academy.No arrests…
A Uitenage family had to organise two funerals in the space of four days after discovering that they had buried a stranger.The bungle was allegedly caused by Uitenage hospital mortuary workers after the name tags of the bodies were switched.The hospital refused to allow the widow of the one of the men to view the…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two