The Gauteng health department has established response teams who will follow up newly-identified cases in healthcare establishments and communities.

MEC for Health in Gauteng, Bandile Masuku, has noted, with serious concern, the problems with government’s payment systems.

Gauteng has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa.

The Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg is being considered as a potential quarantine site. It has the capacity for more than 100 000 people.

Provincial government has warned that if violence against health workers continues, they will have to withdraw their efforts.

The Katlehong community tipped the health department off about a church that failed to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures.

The Grayston Preparatory School in Johannesburg closed its doors on Monday after a teacher was suspected of having the coronavirus.

The tool kit can provide early diagnosis and the University of Johannesburg say it will assist with under-staffed Gauteng hospitals.

Footage of the inhumane treatment of 76-year-old Martha Marais at Mamelodi Hospital went viral in 2019.

DA states that R439 million had to be returned to the National Treasury.

Some nurses from the national government training programme have allegedly not been receiving a salary for the last six months.

An active partnership for Health Compact between the presidency and government departments will exist.

Most of these hospitals service poor communities who cannot afford the private option.

The hospital says that it has no choice but to prioritse critical patients.

The Health MEC says he empathises with patients who wait for hours to be attended to in public hospitals and clinics.

The South African Human Rights Commission inspected the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital on 8 November. 

With an estimated R20 million in the bank, it’s being suggested she should compensate the victims’ families from her own pocket.

Was it an act of God or a matter of trial and error?

Will the NHI be able to fix these types of problems?

It’s hard to imagine a scenario more tragic than what Khombo Mhlongo is going through.

The Gauteng Health Department has revealed that it has spent over R100m on just one law firm. As it stands, the department is already critically cash-strapped.

The DA is attempting to ring the alarm bells regarding another potential mental health NGO crisis in Gauteng. Once again, licensing is involved.

The Gauteng Health Department continues to be linked with medical scandals and dodgy payments. MPL Jack Bloom has had his say.

Drivers in Johannesburg were left feeling ill as they drove past an open trailer stacked with corpses. The Health Departments have now had their say.

Sexually transmitted diseases have shot up in Gauteng over the last two years. Yet another huge problem for the department of health to deal with.