Netcare's Kingsway Hospital in Durban. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images The Netcare hospital group says it is expecting an escalation in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks.It has found an increase in demand for Covid-19 treatment in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.The group has also prepared for eventualities such as unexpected staff shortfall.One of South Africa's biggest…
Health department officials collects blood samples for testing at a temporary Covid-19 rapid test center. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Netcare hospital group have set up "free-standing" mortuaries at some of its hospitals.They say this is to ensure the safety of health and funeral parlour workers during the Covid-19 pandemicThey say staff will at all…
Do not put face masks on toddlers, warn Japanese scientistsThey can only go back to work if their results are negative. Netcare has a special ultraviolet disinfection robot to help destroy viruses, bacteria and fungal spores during the deep-cleaning and disinfection process. Closed"The theatre complex has nevertheless been closed for seven days as an additional precautionary measure,"…
ALSO READ | Beds, cases and discharges - Gauteng's latest hospital numbersAdditional measures include the testing of all who may have had contact with the affected staff members, 14 days of monitoring and self-isolation for nursing and support staff, as well as doctors, and re-testing once this quarantine period is completed."Patients, staff members and doctors…
All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesThe claim is false and was dismissed by the hospital's owners Netcare, which denies even having a laboratory at the facility in question.More than a dozen Facebook posts have published the claim, which begins: "In our laboratory, we found trace amount of the virus on the skin of fruits…
Know gap and know-do gap in antibiotics prescribing for child diarrhea. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ady9868 Researchers from USC and Duke report in Science Advances that the persistent "know-do gap"—where clinicians know guidelines but practice differently—is the primary driver of antibiotic overprescribing for pediatric diarrhea in India's private sector, not lack of knowledge, point-of-sale
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