2011 Media Releases

December

• 13 December 2011 Media Advisory: KZN Health MEC to call on young people to be 'beyond influence' - anti-drug abuse campaign
• 09 December 2011 Media Statement: KZN Health has added R26 million worth of resources to save lives over the festive season

November

• 22 November 2011 Media Statement: Health Excellence Awards Come to KwaZulu-Natal
• 11 November 2011 Media Advisory: The National Health Insurance to have a face in KwaMashu and Inanda
• 10 November 2011 Five KZN kids’ hearts are fixed!
• 07 November 2011 Media Statement: An unknown body of a thirty something 'Indian' female discovered at Addington hospital

October

• 21 October 2011 Media Statement - 'Engaging in some form of physical activity is good for the country' – MEC Dhlomo
• 12 October 2011 Media Statement: Those soliciting bribes from the poor have their days numbered
• 11 October 2011 Media Statement: Bogus nurse arrested for soliciting bribes at a hospital
• 09 October 2011 Media statement: ‘NHI will fight the uncontrolled commercialization of a public good' - Dr Motsoaledi
• 04 October 2011 Media Statement: ‘Family planning must be a tool for person development rather than the number of pills administered - KZN Premier

September

• 22 September 2011 Media Statement: Goats and sheep to be slaughtered to commemorate heritage day by South Africans in Cuba
• 12 September 2011 Media statement: MEC Dhlomo bids farewell to students leaving for Cuba
• 08 September 2011 Media statement : MEC Dhlomo hands over motor-driven wheelchairs in Utrecht
• 02 September 2011 Media Statement: 'NHI a call for social re-engineering' - Ms Matsoso (DG: Health)

August

• 30 August 2011 Media Statement: Loss of patient records to be a thing of the past
• 22 August 2011 Media Advisory: The Head of Health to launch the 8 principle action plan for promoting women's empowerment and gender equality within the public service workplace 25 August 2011
• 01 August 2011 Media Statement: KZN Health encourages mothers to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months to save lives of babies

• 28 July 2011 Media Statement: ‘To change the picture of disease in this province we need you to act wherever you are - MEC Dhlomo
• 21 July 2011 Media Statement: MEC Dhlomo urges community leaders to help stop the killing of ambulance attendants
• 20 July 2011 Media Alert: Two schools to benefit from MEC Dhlomo running the comrades
• 20 July 2011 Media Alert: MEC Dhlomo to engage communities on the improvement of healthcare delivery in the province
• 19 July 2011 'The rights to life and good health lies at the root of improving access to healthcare services' - MEC Dhlomo
• 18 July 2011 Media Statement: MEC Dhlomo reassures TB patients at Charles James TB Hospital as he observes Nelson Mandela Day
• 12 July 2011 Media Advisory: MEC Dhlomo calls on young people to come forward and donate blood
• 10 July 2011 Media Advisory: MEC Dhlomo to lead by example yet again when he responds to the call for blood donations

June

• 23 June 2011 Skilled nurse deprivation drives a midwife to work harder and better for rural poor
• 07June 2011  Response to the Democratic Alliance on the appointment of former Msunduzi mayor

May

• 30 May 2011 Media Statement : MEC Completes the ultimate human race  
• 25 May 2011 Media Statement: MEC Dhlomo applauds the hard work of the police and Department officials on corruption arrests
• 25 May 2011 Media Alert: MEC to attend bail hearing for the Deputy Manager arrested for corruption 
• 24 May 2011 “You are doing a wonderful job my son" - an elderly citizen waiting in the queue at RK Khan hospital told the MEC
• 24May 2011  Media Alert: MEC resumes unannounced visits to check on improvements in service delivery improvements in 10 hospitals
• 19 May 2011  A Message from MEC Dhlomo to the Mazibuko family - ERMS staff member who was stabbed to death while responding to a call
• 12 May 2011 Media statement : students lit a candle to remember how Aids has touched their lives
• 09 May 2011 May 10 is Move for Health Day - 'Parks, open spaces and community halls give people places and spaces to be active
• 09 May 2011  International nurses day must remind nurses of their pledge to serve - MEC Dhlomo

April

• 29 April 2011 Media Statement : MEC disturbed by news that two infants were ditched in the bushes by teenage mothers over Easter
• 20 April 2011 Media Advisory: The Department of Health sends its condolences to the Dhlomo family
• 12 April 2011 His Majesty opens a healthcare centre named after his mother 

March

• 21 March 2011 MEC Dhlomo qualifies for the Comrades Marathon
• 18 March 2011 'Taking full ownership of healthcare facilities includes having your children working in them' - MEC Dhlomo
• 01 March 2011 Media Statement : Statements on "Abolished Posts" misleading
• 01 March 2011 Media statement : security guard caught red handed with his 'hand in the sack'

February

• 25 February 2011 Media Statement: MEC's open clinics to help prevent high rate of teenage pregnancies and promote reproductive health
• 22 February 2011 Media statement : Department weeds out fraudulent security service providers
• 21 February 2011 Department of Health sever ties with six security companies 
• 18 February 2011 MEC Dhlomo has two messages for the youth - exercise and be health conscious
• 15 February 2011 A senior department of health official arrested for fraud and corruption
• 13 February 2011 MEC Dhlomo ran 21 kilometers to promote a message of healthy lifestyles and physical activity as prolonging life and prevent diseases of lifestyle
• 10 February 2011 We will root out corruption wherever it rears its ugly head : KZN MEC for Health
• 10 February 2011 Media statement : MEC Dhlomo warns students against "sugar daddies"

January

• 19 January 2011 Media Statement: “Graduate Healthy and Alive"  – MEC Dhlomo tells students
• 19 January 2011 Media Statement: A Teacher Arrested after locking gates on the first day of schooling
• 17 January 2011 Our duty is to implement programmes that ensure "A Long and Healthy Life for all Citizens of South Africa (KZN)" - MEC for Health tells health managers
• 07 January 2011 Police van crashes into Prince Mshiyeni's casualty
• 05 January 2011 The Woman whose life the MEC for Health tried to save died
• 04 January 2011 MEC’S visit to GJ Crookes hospital's new year babies brings him face to face the problem of teenage pregnancy

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