# The Gauteng Health Department says public hospitals have completed 687 surgeries and clinical procedures, passing the halfway point of the one-thousand-326 procedures pledged for this year’s programme. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital emerged as the top-performing facility in this year’s Mandela Month Surgical Marathon, completing 156 procedures to date. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, […]
# The Neurological Association of South Africa urges the public to recognise the warning signs of stroke and seek immediate medical help, ahead of World Brain Day on Wednesday. The association warns that an estimated two-million brain cells can be lost every minute during a stroke. The organisation’s Patty Francis says South Africa faces a […]
# Die Neurologiese Vereniging van Suid-Afrika vra die publiek op die vooraand Wêreldbreindag Woensdag om die waarskuwingstekens van ‘n beroerte te herken en onmiddellik mediese hulp te soek. Die vereniging waarsku dat byna twee-miljoen breinselle elke minuut tydens ‘n beroerte verlore kan raak. Patty Francis van die organisasie sê Suid-Afrika het te kampe met ‘n […]
# Parlaiment says it will continue with its Mandela Month programme to honour former President Nelson Mandela’s legacy, by building caring communities and providing service to others part of everyday life. While South Africa has made significant progress since the dawn of democracy, poverty, unemployment and inequality remain among the country’s greatest challenges. Building the […]
# Die Parlement sê hy sal voortgaan met sy Mandela-maand-program om oudpresident Nelson Mandela se nalatenskap te vereer, deur gemeenskappe te bou wat omgee en diens aan ander te lewer as deel van die alledaagse lewe. Hoewel Suid-Afrika sedert die aanbreek van demokrasie beduidende vordering gemaak het, bly armoede, werkloosheid en ongelykheid van die land […]
# Eskom het ‘n mikro hernubare-energienetwerk by die Mafikeng Provinsiale Hospitaal in Noordwes geïnstalleer, deur sy korporatiewe maatskaplike verantwoordelikheidsafdeling, die Eskom Ontwikkelingstigting. Eskom se waarnemende bestuurshoof, Mologadi Motshele, sê die tegnologie sal gebruik word om veerkragtigheid vir kritieke hospitaalafdelings te verhoog, insluitend die intensiewe sorgeenheid, operasiesale en die noodafdeling. Hy sê die projek voorsien die […]
# Eskom has successfully installed a renewable energy microgrid solution at the Mafikeng Provincial Hospital, North West, through its corporate social responsibility vehicle, the Eskom Development Foundation. Eskom acting CEO, Mologadi Motshele says the technology will be used to increase resilience for critical hospital departments including the Intensive Care Unit, operating theatres and the Emergency […]
# The South African Rooibos Council has launched the Rooibos in Space project, which will send Rooibos seeds to the International Space Station in October to study how space affects plant growth. The initiative, supported by the South African National Space Agency and MaxIQ Space, will involve learners from seven Cederberg schools in the Western […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Rooibosraad het die “Rooibos in die Ruimte”-projek van stapel gestuur, wat Rooibos-saad in Oktober na die Internasionale Ruimtestasie sal stuur om te vas te stel hoe die ruimte plantegroei beïnvloed. Die inisiatief, ondersteun deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Ruimteagentskap en MaxIQ Space, sal leerders van sewe Sederberg-skole in die Wes-Kaap betrek wat die […]
