Safety

Several health facilities closed due to taxi strike and criminal activity

The continued taxi strike, violence, and the disruption of transport in the Cape Metropole as well as certain rural areas has resulted in...

Coping with a serious burn injury can be a challenge, especially if it covers large areas of an individual’s body or is in places easily...

The Poisons Information Helpline of the Western Cape (WC) has attended to more than 1000 calls regarding poisoning exposures to pesticides...

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness is appalled by the robbing of security staff at Gugulethu Community Health Centre in the...

This weekend, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to three separate hiking incidents in which older people slipped and injured...

Providing effective emergency care both in-and-out of hospital medical care to residents was again a high priority for the health workers in...

The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness encourages residents to play their part in doing whatever they can this Easter weekend to...

On Friday, 10 March 2023, there we very few reports of picketers at two health facilities but no reports of protest action or disruption of...

Since the start of the week there have been several incidents of protest led by Nehawu across the country. In the Western Cape this has been...