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Missing 3-year old found murdered in Parkside
The second creek community is reeling in shock after the body of a three year old girl was found this morning. The child, who cannot be named until her next of kin has been notified, allegedly went missing around 4pm yesterday afternoon. The family is too distraught to speak to the media but there will → Read More
Modern surgery at CMH
Cecilia Makiwane Hospital has introduced ultra-modern “minimally invasive” operations, known as laparoscopic surgery, which is almost bloodless as doctors make incisions not much bigger than half a centimetre. CMH head of surgery Dr Radhakrishnan Jayakrishnan said they made several small openings, one for a camera and one or two others for operating equipment like scissors → Read More
EMS staff upset over slaughtered sheep
Horrified health department employees have complained about two sheep that were slaughtered on the EMS premises in Western Avenue, Vincent. The employees, who have asked to remain anonymous, said the two sheep were transported to the premises in a state vehicle. “A rescue knife was used to slaughter the animals,” said one employee. “Members of → Read More
Counting the cost of alcohol for SA
The impact of alcohol consumption in South Africa costs the state at least R37-billion in road accident payments and hospital costs – but it may be as high as R50-billion. → Read More
WATCH: BCM fire truck ‘sparked’ into action by Doom
Pesticide is what Buffalo City Metro firefighters rely on to start up one fire truck before they can get it to a fire in the city. The Dispatch is in possession of a video where a firefighter is trying to start the truck but nothing happens. The firefighter then sprays a common household aerosol vermin → Read More
Liquor regulations under spotlight
Liquor regulations will come under the spotlight at a summit hosted by the Eastern Cape Liquor Board (ECLB) in partnership with the department of economic development, tourism and environmental affairs. ECLB chairwoman professor Lindelwa Majova-Songca yesterday said the liquor board had a mandate to regulate and strike a balance in the industry. “One of our → Read More
Super specialists to the rescue
Seven new “super specialists” have been hired by the department of health and are stationed at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha. The hospital’s CEO Nomalanga Makwedini yesterday told the Saturday Dispatch that the department had managed to snatch some of the super specialists from big hospitals like Groote Schuur in the Western Cape and → Read More
Selborne kids take on doctor role
More than two dozen pre-primary school pupils were hosted by Life Beacon Bay for the Hello Hospital campaign to ignite interest in a career in healthcare from an early age. Yesterday morning 26 children from Selborne Preparatory, accompanied by two teachers, confidently walked the corridors of Life Beacon Bay and asked a host of questions → Read More
Woman dies in queue on health train
A patient died on the Phelophepa train this morning around 5am. The elderly woman believed to be in her 60s died while she was queueing with hundreds of other patients. Fellow patients called the ambulance and the police. It is not clear where the health staff on the train were at the time. Train manager → Read More
Youth who ate poison fish dies
What should have been a fun fishing trip for two Mzamomhle youths at the weekend ended in tragedy as one died after eating the fish they caught. Mhleli Jama and his friend Makholwa Giwu, both 22, went fishing on Saturday morning in Gonubie and caught 11 “browny-yellow fish with black spots on them”. The pair returned → Read More
R17m worth of condoms for EC
The Eastern Cape has bought male and female condoms worth R17-million. Yesterday as South Africa kicked off Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and Condom week provincial health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the department had spent millions in part to assist in unwanted pregnancies. This comes as the state announced over the weekend that the Western Cape → Read More
Experts warn against the dangers of sugar
Sugar in now being considered as addictive as any other drug. Researchers are trying to prove that sugar and sweetness can induce cravings comparable in magnitude to those induced by addictive drugs. A report Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit, published a few years ago by Serge Ahmed of the French National Centre → Read More
23 ops to repair cancer victim’s face
What’s the worst thing that ever happened to your face when you were a teenager? For most of us it was a nasty outbreak of zits. Mine was bad acne. It was much worse for a young East London woman from Dice. Londiwe Ben was 17 years old and nine months pregnant when she developed a → Read More
E Cape father held after teenage daughter raped
By SIKHO NTSHOBANE and SIYA BOYA A Macleantown man has been arrested for allegedly raping his teenage daughter. Mdantsane police spokesman Captain Mluleki Mbi yesterday confirmed the arrest, saying the man would make his first appearance at the East London Magistrate’s Court. “The suspect threatened to kill the victim if she told her mother. This → Read More
Revamped and ready to serve
With a range of new services on offer, the Mthatha regional hospital is finally operating to its full potential. Formerly known as Mthatha general hospital but operating as a district hospital, the facility has now been recast as a regional hospital. Despite the change being recorded in the Government Gazette in 2012, the hospital has only → Read More
WATCH: Gift of sound opens up the world
Which of the five human senses is the most important? Is it that of sight, hearing, taste, smell or touch? Most will argue that they are all important and it is impossible to choose. For Belgravia family Colin and Rowena Williams helping their baby make sense of a world he couldn’t hear was a steep → Read More
Step up 2017 with running
New year, new you and new bod! The new year brings with it opportunities for many and exercise is on a number of resolutions lists. Some also may want to start exercising to lose weight and they start running, cycling and going to the gym. Chairman of the East London Athletics Club, Graham Reynolds, said → Read More
Heath department in top gear
The festive season is in full swing and the weather has caught up with the summer-time vibe – but this also means more accidents. The provincial Department of Health has declared itself ready for all kinds of emergencies that might arise this season. Spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said officials had ensured that around the province, medical teams → Read More
Senior Dispatch reporter scoops top award
Daily Dispatch senior reporter Lulamile Feni has been crowned the province’s best arts and culture journalist of the year. The ceremony which was hosted by the Eastern Cape department of arts and culture, honoured several people including Feni for making a remarkable contribution in promoting arts and culture. The awards, in their third year, were → Read More
Hawks chief vows to swoop on criminals this festive season
Hawks’ national head, Berning Ntlemeza, today spoke at a media briefing where he said the authorities were prepared to keep the public safe this festive season. “We have operations that are directed at reducing illegal firearms. The SAPS, TRT (Tactical Response Team), NIU (National Intervention Unit) as well as the Hawks are all prepared to → Read More