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St Joseph’s Intermediate Paediatric Care is celebrating close to 90 years of pioneering paediatric healthcare. Founded in September 1935 by the German Pallottine Sisters, St…
The Mowbray Muslim Cemetery received City permission earlier this month to build a dedicated morgue at the site. “These approvals included provisions for a washroom, a cold room…
Children are more prone than adults to suffer heatstroke or heat exhaustion during the hot summer months because their bodies produce more heat during physical activity while…
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and City librarians shared the joy of reading at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on World Read Aloud Day, Wednesday February 5. They…
SAHPRA warns of increased brain tumour risk with specific contraceptive use. Picture: STOCK IMAGES Beware of your contraceptive pills. The South African Health Products…
A total of 101 babies were born in public health facilities on New Year’s Day, with a girl being the first one born seven minutes after midnight. Western Cape Department of…
The province’s hospitals are bracing for the usual spike in trauma cases over the festive season, say health officials. At the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on…
The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) will hold its Christmas-themed Open-Air Movie Night fund-raiser at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden on Tuesday December 17. The…
Several organisations serving homeless people are hopeful that they will be able to determine the number of homeless people around certain suburbs of Cape Town before the end of…
Early detection and treatment and education play a vital role in tackling diabetes, say state hospitals. “Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps” the theme for World Diabetes Day, on…
Woodside Special Care Centre is making a public appeal for support for a Santa Shoebox initiative in aid of the home’s intellectually and physically disabled residents during the…
Children must be protected from preventable ills, such as malnutrition, foetal alcohol syndrome and violence, so that the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital can focus on…
In the last instalment of her fitness and health column, reporter ROSHAN ABRAHAMS, who is also a qualified personal trainer, focuses on mountain climbers. What is a mountain…
Patients will find it easier to understand doctors’ prescriptions with an app to be launched early next year, says UWC. The artificial-intelligence-powered MzansiMed-Rx is being…
The second annual SICK Pride will take place from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday November 17, on the lawn of the Arderne Botanical Gardens at 222 Main Road, Claremont, and everyone…
Pharmaceutical waste products that are found in municipal wastewater poses a significant risk to public health, warned Professor Renier Coetzee, deputy president of the South…
Spreading the highly specialised and life-changing surgical skills needed to bring smiles to the faces of children with facial deformities was the aim of a conference held at a…
Providing secure car seats to families in need can help to prevent or lessen the severity of head injuries in children, says the African Brain Child. The clinical and research…
Over 200 members of the blind community took part in a long cane rally on the Sea Point Promenade on Saturday October 5. The long cane rally was organised by the Pinelands-based…
A breast cancer NGO that co-ordinates clinical breast cancer screenings for women with limited access to healthcare, is appealing to women to support those in need by donating…
