CANCER CRISIS MARCH – NOVEMBER 2021 Featured
MEDIA STATEMENT: CALL IT WHAT IT IS, GAUTENG GOVERNMENT: THERE IS A CANCER CRISIS IN GAUTENG! Health activists to march to Gauteng Premier’s office on 23 November 2021 to demand…
Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopening welcomed Featured
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital reopening welcomed as victory for cancer patients.
SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign Concerned about the Shortages of Food at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
On 9 May 2013, SECTION27 and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) received disturbing reports about the shortages of food for patients at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
Report on investigation into infant deaths at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital released
SECTION27 welcomes the release of the report on the investigation into the tragic deaths of six infants on 18 May 2010 at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital (“the Hospital”) in Johannesburg. The report raises serious concerns about the extent to which the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development (“the Department”) adheres to norms and standards related to human resources, and the consequent overcrowding in public health facilities in the province.