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Several health facilities closed due to taxi strike and criminal activity

The continued taxi strike, violence, and the disruption of transport in the Cape Metropole as well as certain rural areas has resulted in...

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Tygerberg Hospital’s specialised burn centre a beacon of hope for burns victims

Coping with a serious burn injury can be a challenge, especially if it covers large areas of an individual’s body or is in places easily...

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Poisons Centre advisory: Beware of the dangers of street pesticides in the WC

The Poisons Information Helpline of the Western Cape (WC) has attended to more than 1000 calls regarding poisoning exposures to pesticides...

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Criminality remains a threat to citizens’ right to access to health care

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness is appalled by the robbing of security staff at Gugulethu Community Health Centre in the...

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EMS encourages residents to help prevent hiking and burn injuries this winter

This weekend, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to three separate hiking incidents in which older people slipped and injured...

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Increase in medical and trauma incidents this Easter weekend

Providing effective emergency care both in-and-out of hospital medical care to residents was again a high priority for the health workers in...

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Easter weekend calls for individual responsibility to keep everyone safe

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness encourages residents to play their part in doing whatever they can this Easter weekend to...

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Update on the NEHAWU protest action in the Western Cape, Friday 10 March 2023

On Friday, 10 March 2023, there we very few reports of picketers at two health facilities but no reports of protest action or disruption of...

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Update on protest action in the Western Cape

Since the start of the week there have been several incidents of protest led by Nehawu across the country. In the Western Cape this has been...

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