9/3/2010 10:38:30 AM | 0 Comments By Siyabonga Ntshingila ;
Non-striking public servants at the Kopanong Hospital have been effectively locked in by their striking colleagues. Representative Matoditodi Modise said :” We are forcing non-strikers to now work until they can't anymore, because that's what they wanted”. 300 striking workers moved from the Sebokeng Hospital to the Kopanong hospital to join in the ...»
9/3/2010 9:42:56 AM | 0 Comments The Eastern Cape health department strike in King William's Town turned ugly on Thursday evening when striking workers torched the vehicle of a non-striker.
According to department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo strikers started shouting at the woman, who works in the health MEC's office in Bisho, as she drove home on Thursday. They called her a traitor and a sell-out and she hear ...»
9/1/2010 3:55:56 PM | 2 Comments An English study has found that exercise can reduce a person's genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent.
The sample was taken of 20,430 people in Norwich and focused on genetic variants known to increase the risk of obesity. Most people had inherited 10 to 13 of these variants from their parents, but some had more than 17 while others had fewer than six.
The partic ...»
9/7/2010 12:33:27 PM | 0 Comments Healthcare group Netcare has released a statement regarding the death of two brothers from an unknown illness. The star reported that the deaths were 24 hours apart.
Staff at its Olivedale facility, north of Johannesburg, is still puzzled about what could have caused the deaths but tests were continuing on Tuesday.
"While there are no other suspected cases, the hospital ...»
9/6/2010 10:01:51 AM | 0 Comments The disgraceful attacks by strikers on non-striking staff continued Monday when a nurse suffered burn wounds after her house was petrol bombed in Soweto in the early hours of this morning.
According to Gauteng police spokesperson Inspector Kay Makhubele : "One house belonging to a nurse got petrol bombed. She suffered burn wounds to her hands but was not hospitalised. She sa ...»
9/4/2010 12:41:15 PM | 0 Comments The SABC is reporting Saturday that the Gauteng Health Department is to restrict evening visiting hours at public hospitals during the ongoing public servants strike.
Simon Zwane, the Department's spokesperson, said it followed the intimidation of non striking staff members inside hospital premises.
People are urged to visit families and friends at hospitals during the ...»
9/3/2010 11:21:05 AM | 0 Comments Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment for HIV that kills human cells infected with the virus and could lead to a breakthrough in treating AIDS, the Haaretz newspaper said on Friday.
Whereas current treatments focus on inhibiting the replication of the HIV virus, the new treatment destroys infected cells without damaging healthy ones, the newspaper said.
The p ...»
