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Women were allegedly made to sleep on the floor of Edenvale Hospital’s maternity ward, prompting an investigation by the Gauteng health department.Image: Supplied
DR BANDILE MASUKU

Gauteng health boss wants answers after pregnant women sleep on floor at Edenvale hospital

A new mother has recalled the “nightmare” she suffered after being admitted to an overcrowded maternity ward at Edenvale Hospital in Gauteng. Brigett Hlongwane, 27, said she was among 15 women who were cramped in a ward meant to…

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Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku says he has a plan to ensure healthcare in the province is improved. Image: Alaister Russel/Sunday Times
DR BANDILE MASUKU

It’s been hard, but we’re going to get things right: new Gauteng health MEC promises big changes

Two months into the job, newly-appointed Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku says his journey has been a roller-coaster ride so far. “I haven’t felt that I have arrived, like I have settled in. I don’t think I have landed as yet; we’re…

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The DA’s Jack Bloom says it takes nearly seven hours to register, see a doctor and collect medicine at Steve Biko Hospital. Image: Thulani Mbele. © Sowetan
DR BANDILE MASUKU

Nearly seven hours: that’s how long it takes to get treated at Pretoria hospital

It takes an average of nearly seven hours to register, see a doctor and collect medicine at Steve Biko Academic hospital in Pretoria. That’s according to Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku, who revealed recorded average waiting times at…

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Baby Mpumelelo is safe in the arms of her mother Bikokuhle Hlatswayo after her alleged abduction from the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in June 2019.Image: Nonkululeko Njilo/TimesLIVE
CHRIS HANI BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL

Our newborn was ‘bought’ for R2,500: Abducted Bara baby’s mother alleges

‘Why would anyone want to deny me an opportunity to be a father?’ asks dad The mother of the lost and found baby girl allegedly abducted from Soweto’s Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital has spoken out for the first time about her ordeal.…

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