News and Speeches for Ministry of Health & Wellness
Media Alert: Emergency Medical Services Long Service Awards Ceremony
6 December 2011Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, will award 15 Emergency Medical Services personnel for 20 years of public service. It is a great opportunity to meet the action men and women behind the scenes who play a crucial role in emergency... Read More
Western Cape Government Proactive about Increasing Wellness
5 December 2011Western Cape Government hosted its first Wellness Summit at the Kelvin Grove in Newlands on 8 November 2011. Read More
Media Alert: EMS Rescue Calls - 5 and 6 December 2011
5 December 2011Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to two motor vehicle accidents recently: Read More
Department of Health 2011/2012 Budget Adjustments
4 December 2011The amount initially approved for Health in the 2011/2012 financial year was R13 395 billion and, after additions in this adjustment budget, the total health budget increases to R13 428 billion - an increase of R33 85 million. Read More
George Hospital Celebrates World Radiography Day
4 December 2011Radiographers and students from the South Cape Karoo region celebrated World Radiography Day at George Hospital on Saturday, 3 December 2011. Read More
Media Alert: EMS Biker Blood Run 2011
1 December 2011Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in collaboration with the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS) will host their fifth annual Biker Blood Run this Saturday. Last year EMS raised enough blood units to... Read More
Media Alert: Joint Press Conference about Child Safety on the Province's Roads This Holiday Season
1 December 2011Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, and Minister of Transport and Public Works, Robin Carlisle, will on Monday host a press conference about child safety on the province's roads this holiday season. Read More
Together in the Fight against HIV and AIDS
30 November 2011Fighting the surge of HIV and AIDS in South Africa has been a major challenge, especially in the Western Cape. Today, as the world celebrates World AIDS Day, Western Cape Government Health reflects on the last 18 months and the significant inroads... Read More
Media Alert: Update on EMS Rescue Call at Maclears Beacon, Table Mountain - 30 November 2011
30 November 2011Western Cape Government Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a rescue yesterday, 30 November 2011, at Maclears Beacon, Table Mountain. Read More
Emergency Medical Calls - 30 November 2011
29 November 2011Western Cape Government Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to three rescues today. Read More
Private Sector Innovations Lead to Turnaround for Province's Health Sector
28 November 2011"It is innovations such as a R160 000 makeover of an in-patient area that is positioning Western Cape Government Health to turn around this province's health sector," said Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, at Groote Schuur Hospital... Read More
Foschini Group Funding Helps Groote Schuur Hospital Refurbish Maternity Centre Patient Lounges
28 November 2011Sitting in the Maternity Patient Centre Lounges waiting to be seen by a doctor or waiting to go home has not always been a pleasant experience. Read More
Official Opening of Melkhoutfontein Clinic
27 November 2011Today (Monday, 28 November 2011), Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, officially opened the Melkhoutfontein Clinic. Read More
Media Alert: Seeking Relatives of False Bay Hospital Patient
27 November 2011Western Cape Government Health is urgently seeking the relatives of Josephine Lakay, a patient at False Bay Hospital. A concerned resident escorted the patient to Muizenberg Police Station, and she was brought to False Bay Hospital on 27 October... Read More
Media Alert: Tygerberg Hospital Celebrates End-of-Year Functions with Emo Adams
27 November 2011Tygerberg Hospital's Facility Board will sponsor the end-of-year functions for the Tygerberg Hospital staff over a period of three days from 29 November 2011 to 1 December 2011. Read More
NTP Donates PET-CT Scanner to Tygerberg Hospital
24 November 2011Today, Western Cape Government Health, NTP Radioisotopes (Pty) Ltd and its parent company Necsa will be celebrating the intermediate phase of installing a R32-million Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scanner at Tygerberg... Read More
Media Alert: Official Opening of Melkhoutfontein Clinic
24 November 2011Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, will officially open the new Melkhoutfontein Clinic on Monday, 28 November 2011. Read More
Mowbray Maternity Hospital Celebrates 95th Birthday
23 November 2011The Mowbray Maternity Hospital is celebrating 95 years of existence. As part of the birthday celebrations, the facility's Hospital Board will introduce a fundraising campaign (which will be launched in 2012) to mobilise much-needed funding for the... Read More
Rural Pharmacist Walks Away with National Excellence Award
21 November 2011Western Cape Government Health is delighted to announce that Mr Sampie van Staden, Chief Pharmacist for the Robertson area (Langeberg sub-district), was awarded the National Pharmacy Excellence Award. Read More
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