As the reality of joining the jobless queue looms large, dozens of Eastern Cape Covid-19 nurses whose contracts come to an end later this month protested in Bhisho on Wednesday. The nurses have been in talks with the authorities as they…
Intensive care unit nurses at Frere Hospital in East London are refusing to look after more than one patient, saying it constitutes overtime – for which the Eastern Cape health department is not paying them. The ratio for ICU nurses to…
Thousands of qualified nurses may have cheated in exams they wrote in May to improve their qualifications. This experts say could constitute a crisis in the health system – affecting both patients’ and doctors’ trust in nurses’ honesty…
Government’s efforts to curb the deaths of young initiates through illegal circumcision in the Eastern Cape made a breakthrough over the weekend when police arrested three traditional surgeons (iingcibi) and seven traditional nurses…
STARTING out in 1987, The Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a well-known non-profit organisation, operating in 39 countries and caring for over 720000 patients. This year, AHF celebrates a decade of service to the Eastern Cape. AHF are…
MORE than 100 Eastern Cape College nursing graduates marched outside the provincial health department in Bhisho on Monday, demanding immediate employment. The graduates were adamant that they were not going anywhere unless they received…
ETHIENNE ARENDS REACH for a Dream recently spoilt nurses from the Frere Hospital for International Nurses Day by treating them to lunch and giving them goodie bags.
