In the month of June 2020, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital treated close to 3 000 patients in its trauma unit.The sale of alcohol was allowed during Level 3 of the lockdown which commenced on 1 June.This comes as Gauteng reached just over 70 000 cases.The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, treated close to…
Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images Despite the surge in hospital admissions in Gauteng, hospitals have still not reached capacity.An additional 250 beds would be added to each hospital to match the daily number of admissions.Close to 2 000 field hospital beds will also be added to different hospitals in…
A general view of George Mukhari Academic Hospital. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu) Warning: this article contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing.The two-year-old girl had been placed in isolation as she was suspected to have Covid-19, but later tested negative.The hospital CEO said when the family reported the rape to the hospital, they…
A nurse pushes a patient into surgery. Netcare, Life Healthcare and Mediclinic have had to shift their focus to dealing with the pandemic while their regular patients choose to stay awayBut elective surgeries are where hospitals make a large portion of their profits. Listed hospital groups have had a tough run in the past few years…
Police Minister Bheki Cele. 40% of the weekly trauma cases seen by hospitals across the country are alcohol related.A study found that that approximately 62 300 people died from alcohol-attributable causes in 2015.Cele said 34 000 hospital beds were occupied due to alcohol related incidents since Level 3 of the lockdown came into effect. Were 34 000 hospital…
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him
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