The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed today that a 49-year old male from the Karoo has been the first human to die from Rift Valley Fever in the Western Cape. He died in Oudtshoorn Hospital. The NICD is still... Read More
On Thursday 29 April 2010, the Western Cape Department of Health, and the Provincial MEC Theuns Botha will launch New Somerset Hospital's Emergency Centre. The event will take place on the hospital grounds and will be officially opened by the... Read More
The new Computerised Tomography (CT) Unit was opened by Health MEC Theuns Botha and Dr Dimitri Erasmus in the Radiology Department on Thursday 15 April 2010. Read More
Western Cape Health Minister, Theuns Botha praised the National Minister of Health for the objectives and priorities set out in the national health budget yesterday, but criticised the Minister for failing to give enough detail on budgets allocated... Read More
Some health care professionals have been reluctant to immunise infants or children against measles if there is a history of egg allergies or even if the child has not yet eaten an egg before. Read More
The logistical arrangements for this Outbreak Response commenced on 1 March 2010 with actual immunisation of children in these hot spot areas in full swing by 8 March 2010. Read More
The overwhelming frustration and despair associated with an epidemic of this seriousness has been replaced with a sense of optimism and hardened resolve. Read More
Notwithstanding the strategic application of 40 000 doses of Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine sponsored by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture in the Murraysburg district of the Karoo, RVF has spread to the Beaufort West district in the... Read More
Budget Speech 2010/2011: Western Cape Department of Health Read More
Today Western Cape Minister for Transport Robin Carlisle officially handed over 71 new ambulances to Western Cape Minister for Health, Theuns Botha and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Unit. Read More
Groote Schuur Hospital will be having a client satisfaction survey from 23 March 2010 till 29 March 2010. Read More
The French President had made an undertaking to donate funds towards increasing Anti-Retroviral (ART) infrastructure when he visited Western Cape about 18 months ago. Read More
Associated Psychiatric Hospital, Stikland will be hosting a book sale and information session at Tyger Valley Shopping Centre the weekend 26 - 28 March 2010, from 09:00 on the Friday morning until 17:00 on Sunday afternoon. Read More
Tygerberg Hospital will host an Open Day today on the hospital grounds, where various departments will have information stalls and material available to the public. The event will start at 10:00 and Radio Tygerberg will broadcast live from the venue. Read More
Tygerberg Hospital will host an Open Day where various departments from the hospital will have information stalls and material available to the public. Radio Tygerberg will broadcast live from the venue. Read More
Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages the optic nerve of the eye, leading to vision loss and possible blindness. Read More
The money will be used to fit out the new paediatric trauma ward with comfortable child-friendly furniture and modern state-of-the-art equipment. The new ward forms part of the new trauma unit at Somerset Hospital, to be officially opened at the end... Read More
Somerset Hospital opened an extra 32 beds, dedicated to the care of children with measles. The new unit opened on Wednesday 24 February 2010 and aims to relieve the pressure of large numbers of children with measles being admitted. Read More
Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, today reinforced the message that in the Western Cape there are 35 000 measles vaccinations available, and that in hot spot areas in the Cape children are vaccinated as they are presented at their local... Read More
The Department of Health's Western Cape Rehabilitation Centre (WCRC) for Persons with Physical Disabilities will be hosting a Jazz in the Park concert on 7 March 2010, at the Maynardville Open Air theatre. Read More