Eastern Cape health department has decided to remain mum to the public regarding the toxicology results of the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy in anticipation of “legal processes that might follow.” Families of the 21 youngsters who died at the…
Komani Psychiatric Hospital patients were deprived of food on Tuesday, only being served one meal during the day due to the continuous “downing of tools” by staff who claimed the institution management was gambling with their lives. The…
In response to the growing number of health-care workers testing positive for Covid-19 in the Eastern Cape, the provincial government has embarked on a drive to recruit more doctors and nurses. This is according to Premier Oscar Mabuyane…
Eastern Cape health superintendent-general Dr Thobile Mbengashe has sought to downplay a warning that up to 6,000 people in the Eastern Cape could die from Covid-19 in the next three months. Despite the provincial command council (PCC)…
Department says cost too high to return body of student Sibusiso Qongqo, 30, from Cuba It has been more than a month that the Qongqo family has been hoping for the body of their son, student doctor Sibusiso from Ngqwarhu to be…
Video clips circulating on social media seeming to show health MEC Sindiswa Gomba being racist and “farting” while being interviewed were “manipulated” by “creative social media gurus” to distort her image and portray her as racist and…
The Eastern Cape health department has released the latest breakdown of districts with Covid-19 infections. The number of recoveries in the province has also increased from 19 to 25. Nelson Mandela Bay has by far the most confirmed cases…
