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Medical emergency transport and rescue

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is divided into 4 core components: 1. Ambulance Operations Each ambulance is licenced and fully...

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Primary health care

Accessing Health Services

Providing Health and Wellness FOR YOU

Our core function and responsibility at the Department of Health and Wellness is to provide quality, pers

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Industry development

Veterinary public health and food safety

All meat consumers have the right of access to safe meat from known approved sources.

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Rabies confirmed in a seal from Cape Town – Report seal bites

On 7 June 2024, a case of rabies was confirmed in a wild Cape fur seal from Big Bay, Blouberg, Cape Town. Suspected positive results have...

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Community care

Rabies vaccinations

A virus causes rabies, and it can infect all mammals, including humans (a zoonosis). Contact with infected animals spreads the disease to humans.

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Industry development

African Horse Sickness

The African Horse Sickness vaccination season runs from June to October each year. 

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H7 HPAI detected in George, Western Cape

Following the recent detection of the H7 high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in the Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State and Limpopo...

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Oncology treatment at Tygerberg Hospital improves outcomes of childhood cancer

Effective oncology treatment at Tygerberg Hospital improves outcomes of childhood cancer The paediatric oncology unit at Tygerberg Hospital...

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Minister Mbombo celebrates our unsung heroes at Medicines Information Centre

Yesterday, Western Cape Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, visited the Medicines Information Centre (MIC) at Groote...

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Karl Bremer Hospital needs your help to find families of patients

Karl Bremer Hospital requires the assistance of anyone who can help us with the contact details of any relatives of patients who were...

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