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I CAN SEE: MEC for health Nomakhosazana Meth engaging with patients who had undergone eye operations at the Sabona Eye Clinic at Frontier Hospital last week Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Elation as Komani teen has her sight restored

A 17-year–old girl who was forced to drop out of school after developing a cataract which left both her eyes impaired is overjoyed that she will soon return to school after undergoing an intensive eye operation at the Sabona Eye Clinic at…

PROTEST ACTION: Frontier Hospital staff embarked on a strike on Friday morning Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

WATCH | Komani health workers protest over non-payment

Video: ZINTLE BOBELO Patients were left alone in wards as Frontier Hospital staff downed tools this morning over non-payment of salary increments. The department of health had issued a statement on Thursday informing the employees of a…

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Court orders Komani Hospital doctor be reinstated

An order for the department of health to reinstate Dr Sirajul Islam who was ‘grossly and unfairly dismissed’ as a chief medical officer at Komani Hospital in 2012 has been handed down. According to the court order, the dispute dated back…

RELIEF: MEC for health Nomakhosazana Meth, right, brought food parcels during her oversight visit to the Dordrecht Hospital after it was reported that there was no food for patients at the hospital. Standing next to Meth was Emalahleni Local Municipality mayor Nontombizanele Koni   Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Help for struggling Dordrecht hospital

Newly appointed health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth made the first stop of her planned weekly visits at Dordrecht Hospital recently when she delivered food packages to address the burning food shortages at the institution. During engagements…

Hewu Hospital staff in protest over PPE provision and other safety concerns Picture: SUPPLIED

Services at Frontier and Hewu hospitals halted over PPE provision

Staff members at Hewu and Frontier Hospitals downed tools today over the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the health department. Department of health superintendent general Thobile Mbengashe, who recently met with Frontier…

The Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) executive mayor Wongama Gela having his Covid-19 screening  Picture: SUPPLIED

Chris Hani District JOC screen for Covid-19

Chris Hani District Municipality in partnership with the department of health had an educational session, mass screening and testing for Covid-19 at Bells Road in Komani yesterday. The initiative was conducted to identify coronavirus…

Eastern Cape (EC) department of transport MEC, Weziwe Tikana, EC Premier Oscar Mabuyane and department of health MEC, Sindiswa Gamba Picture: SUPPLIED

Medical services vehicles arrive

The Chris Hani district has received 25 emergency medical services vehicles of the 129 which were handed over by the department of transport MEC, Weziwe Tikana, to areas throughout the province on Thursday. Last year an article in The Rep…

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WATCH: Komani Hospital dirty laundry

A sneak peak on the state of OTJ Laundry Services in Sandringham which has been awarded a tender to do Komani Hospital patients’ laundry by the Department of Health since 2012. Read The Rep today Video: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA