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PRESS STATEMENT | SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance welcome Court judgment on the provision of lifesaving radiation oncology treatment for thousands of cancer patients

SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance, welcome the judgment handed down today by the Johannesburg High Court in the matter of Cancer Alliance v MEC for Health, Gauteng and 10 others, declaring the failure of the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) to provide lifesaving radiation oncology services to patients on the backlog Continue Reading

By Hloni, ago

MEDIA ALERT: Court case against the Gauteng Health Department’s failure to spend R784 Million allocated for cancer patients

22 July 2024, Johannesburg – SECTION27 will approach the high court tomorrow to request a postponement of the case brought by Cancer Alliance, which was scheduled to be heard on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at the Johannesburg Hight Court. The MEC for Health in Gauteng, the Gauteng Department of Health and the two Continue Reading

By Section27 - Aneesa, ago

Civil society organisations take Gauteng Health to court over failure to spend R784 Million allocated for cancer patients

16 July 2024, Johannesburg – Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has filed an application against the MEC for Health in Gauteng, the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and nine others. The application is in response to the GDoH’s failure to utilise the allocated R784 million set aside by the Gauteng Treasury Continue Reading

By Section27, ago

OPEN LETTER | R784 million goes unspent as cancer patients continue to die

On 9 March 2023, Gauteng Treasury ringfenced R784 million for the outsourcing of radiation oncology services – yet a full year later and no service provider has been appointed while over 3 000 cancer patients wait for treatment. The Gauteng Department of Health has failed in fulfilling its obligations to these patients and urgent action is needed, argue SECTION27, Cancer Alliance and TAC activists.

By Section27, ago
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