2010 Media Releases

December

21 December 2020 “For Every Death, It Is Estimated That There Are Dozens Of Hospitalizations” – MEC For Health Said
09 December 2020 No instruction to suspend use of Tara Klamp in mass circumcision drive
02 December 2010 Communities called on to support, protect and promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months
02 December 2010 HIV Counseling and testing campaign reaches over 1 million in KZN

November

26 November 2010 Men's March Held at Nseleni sports grounds
17 November 2010 The Department of Health welcomes the sentence on a fraud and theft case involving a service provider
15 November 2010 Media Statement: A Company that defrauded the KZN Department of Health R20 million snatched and appears in court
06 November 2010 Presentation of a progress report on medical male circumcision to the King

October

07 October 2010 R32,25 million towards the healthcare needs of the Ugu people
04 October 2010 World Health Organisation hails progress in the fight against HIV and Aids

September

27 September 2010 Minister Motsoaledi announces radical changes to Health infrastructure planning, management and delivery
23 September 2010 World Heart Day : take responsibility for your heart's health
07 September 2010 KZN MEC for Health call for healing in public health facilities following the public servants strike
02 September 2010 KZN Forensic pathology (medico-legal) mortuary services operating optimally

August

31 August 2010 Media Statement: Health official and her accomplices get seven years for fraud
29 August 2010 Public urged to collect their chronic medicines from public hospitals
25 August 2010 Media Statement on the arrests of 'Department of Health Officials'
24 August 2010 We swear by the Hippocratic Oath
18 August 2010 Media statement on healthcare service disruptions during the public services strike
10 August 2010 Statement on Breastfeeding Week by the MEC for Health, Dr S Dhlomo
04 August 2010 Media statement by the MEC for Health on the safety of patients and the discovery of a decomposing body at Addington hospital
03 August 2010 "Cooperation in the delivery of quality health care for all is what unites us"

July

02 July 2010 KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Dr Zweli Mkhize has congratulated all stakeholders who have ensured the success of medical circumcision camps

June

May

11 May 2010 King Edward Hospital Closes its Trauma Unit for Refurbishments
06 May 2010 MEC paid a surprise visit to Emmaus and Estcourt hospitals
04 May 2010 Influenza vaccines available in public hospitals
04 May 2010 Save Lives - clean your hands - a call for action for all healthcare workers

April

29 April 2010 MDR and XDR-TB: Revolutionising our approach to facility design for long-term care facilities
20 April 2010 More than a million children (1 468 338) immunised against measles and polio in one week
16 April 2010 Circumcision launch: reported adverse case
12 April 2010 KZN MEC takes zero tolerance against abuse of patients
12 April 2010 National Health Portfolio committee gives KZN Health thumbs up
07 April 2010 The urban poor suffer disproportionately from a wider range of diseases and other health problems
06 April 2010 The MEC for Health continued working at St Apollinaris hospital
05 April 2010 Shortage of medical officers a crisis in rural public hospitals
03 April 2010 Easter weekend a 'dry run' for Fifa world cup

March

28 March 2010 Department of Health is shocked and wishes that the law must take its course
24 March 2010 MEC's message for World TB day: Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, MEC for Health in KwaZulu-Natal
22 March 2010 Department of Health has a moral obligation and the historic duty in the Fifa World Cup 2010: It's all systems go
19 March 2010 March 21, World Down Syndrome Awareness Day: Stop Exclusion and dare to care
12 March 2010 RK Khan board statement unfortunate and premature
11 March 2010 The Department of Health Appeals to relatives to ensure regular contact with their next of kin in public hospitals
09 March 2010 More than a million children (1 468 338) immunised against measles and polio in one week

February

10 February 2010 Immunisation campaign postponed
09 February 2010 KwaZulu-Natal department of health to immunize around 2 million children in two weeks
03 February 2010 KwaZulu-Natal Cabinet wants urgent action on Gale Street Mortuary
03 February 2010 The MEC for Health outlines a plan to handle mortuary backlogs

January

28 January 2010 Further critical posts by the MEC for Health
27 January 2010 The MEC for Health has unfrozen critical posts
21 January 2010 Statement on the high court judgement on the matter against the MEC for Health
12 January 2010 Report on "unacceptable situation" - Hospitals run short of basic medicines (Mercury, 12 January 2010) - Based on misunderstood leak of a management tool document

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