DA will continue to fight for more ambulances in Eastern Cape
Yesterday the ANC made it clear that they do not want the people of the Eastern Cape to have access to emergency medical services, shooting down a motion tabled in […]
World-Class Uitenhage Provincial Hospital brought to its knees by EC DoH
The condition of the once world-class Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has deteriorated to such an extent that it is unfathomable that the Department of Health considers the facility acceptable for patient […]
EMS service delivery collapse costing patients their lives
Critically ill patients fight for their lives, and some die, while waiting for an ambulance that takes hours to arrive, if at all. This is not only traumatic for them […]
Eastern Cape tourism jobs threatened as Department splurges on consultants
Tourism and the associated jobs are under siege in this province, because the Department of Environmental Affairs is spending too much money on consultants, and not enough on environmental protection. […]
Health MEC’s inaction costs patients their limbs
Patients have been irrevocably maimed, their limbs amputated, and lives forever changed, because of Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth’s failure to implement a directive from the Provincial Legislature to pay suppliers […]
Eastern Cape Liquor Board must account for their role in Enyobeni tragedy
The recent tragic events at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, Buffalo City, where 21 children lost their lives in a tavern, brings into stark focus the failure of the […]
Democratic Alliance vindicated by Health court ruling
The irresponsible court application by the Department of Health to deprive victims who suffered medical malpractice of compensation has thankfully been thwarted by the Makhanda High Court. National Government must […]
EC DOH ignores Legislature, fails to help critically injured Livingstone patients
The Eastern Cape MEC of Health, Nomakhosazana Meth, has blamed Covid-19 to explain why her Department failed to implement a resolution of the Eastern Cape Legislature that would see that […]
Illegal sand mining continues unabated on Wild Coast
The dunes, estuaries and beaches of the beautiful Wild Coast continue to be decimated by illegal sand miners, despite the efforts of coastal law enforcement officers to bring this practise […]
Health compelled to act in Livingstone Hospital humanitarian crisis after DA motion passes
The Department of Health has no choice but to immediately act against the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Livingstone Hospital after the Democratic Alliance’s motion on the matter was unanimously […]
Issued by Jane Cowley MPL