 | NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
MEC Gqobana during the stakeholder engagement session recently held in East London.PIC: Ziyanda Mkohliswa
Department Engages Stakeholders
Honourable MEC, Sicelo Gqobana commended the workers and said they made it possible to turn the situation of the department around, they also made it possible for the department to expose corruption and malpractices. read more... |
Cash link to infant deaths
THE sudden transfer of R6 million from the coffers of Cecilia Makiwane Hospital (CMH) – shortly before a "superbug" outbreak in January – could have cost 12 newborn babies their lives. read more... |
Dead man wakes up in mortuary
A 50-year-old asthmatic man presumed dead by his family woke up inside the morgue of a private undertaker at Libode in the Transkei region (Eastern Cape) on Sunday afternoon read more... |
Probe into doctor's alleged misconduct
The department’s superintendent general Dr Siva Pillay has ordered an internal probe into allegations that a Butterworth hospital doctor has allegedly manhandled two patients over the weekend. The on call casualty doctor is alleged to have assaulted read more... |
Department holds Medico-legal Symposium
As part of an ongoing effort to improve patient care and promote patient safety, the Eastern Cape Department of Health’s Quality Assurance Chief Directorate and Legal Services Directorate held Medic-Legal Symposium on the 01 – 03 June 2011 at Mthatha read more... |
NOTICE
Help the DoH and the Female Cancer Programme Screen 12 000 Women in 2011
The Female Cancer Programme, in partnership with the Department of Health, has set the target of screening over 12,000 women for cervical cancer in 2011 using a new screening method called Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA) – the first project of its kind in South Africa. Cervical cancer is the biggest killer of the cancers affecting South African women today. read more...
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TB is a disease that mainly affects the lungs, but can be found in any other body organ. It is caused by a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The germs usually destroy the soft tissue of the lungs, and this causes cavities (holes) in the lungs, resulting in difficulty with breathing, and blood can be coughed up. If untreated, TB can cause death.
Which of the following TB symptoms do you think are most common?
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