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Lack of staff hits SA healthcare, say researchers
Source: Mail and Guardian
Date: 31 May 2007
"Staff shortages are a critical problem in most public hospitals and are generated by underfunding and a national shortage of professional skills," said Karl von Holdt of the National Labour and Development Institute (Naledi).

Child deaths in SA hospitals under spotlight
Source: Mail and Guardian
Date: 31 May 2007
Sixty-three percent of child deaths in South African hospitals could be avoided, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) heard on Thursday. "Thirty-one percent of those children died during their first 24 hours in hospital," Dr Mphele Mulaudzi told a commission hearing in Johannesburg.

Child deaths in SA hospitals under spotlight
Source: Mail and Guardian
Date: 31 May 2007
Sixty-three percent of child deaths in South African hospitals could be avoided, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) heard on Thursday. "Thirty-one percent of those children died during their first 24 hours in hospital," Dr Mphele Mulaudzi told a commission hearing in Johannesburg.

Making Bara better
Source: Sowetan
Date: 20 July 2006
Arthur Manning, the newly appointed chief executive of the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, is not someone who minces words. Manning said the public has a negative perception of Baragwanath, possibly the biggest hospital in the southern hemisphere, but he has a plan to turn things around in the next six months.

Gauteng hospitals ‘hardest hit by resources squeeze’
by Chantelle Benjamin
Source: Business Day
Date: 19 July 2006
GAUTENG hospitals had the least resources allocated per hospital bed despite being burdened by the demand to provide services to patients from neighbouring provinces, says a study into the state of the nation’s public hospitals. The research was being regarded as key in guiding present health policy, particularly the recent decision by national government to give hospital managers greater powers in a bid to improve service delivery.

NEHAWU gives the authorities stick
by Razina Munshi
Source: Financial Mail
Date: 30 June 2006
In a last-ditch attempt to restructure one of the country's largest hospitals, the National Education Health & Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) has crossed swords with the Gauteng department of health. The battleground is the southern hemisphere's biggest hospital: Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) in Soweto.

Spotlight on the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Imbizo
by Lebogang Marishane
Date: 07 June 2006
On Monday 26th May 2006 the minister of Public Service and Administration, Geraldine Fraser Moleketi addressed a public imbizo attended by health stakeholders and union members at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital.

Transforming Chris Hani Baragwanath into the ‘People's Hospital’
by Karl Von Holdt
Date: 2006-04-28
Over the past five years the NALEDI Hospitals Project has been advocating and supporting the implementation of a transformation project at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, the biggest hospital in the southern hemisphere. The transformation project is based on the research conducted by NALEDI into the functioning of the institution, after the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) requested assistance for its ‘People's Hospital’ campaign at the institution. The transformation project is supported by all stakeholders - hospital management, trade unions, the hospital board, and the Gauteng Department of Health.