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Healthy outlook for Settlers' Hospital in 2012

Fri, 20 Jan, 2012

From next week, patients at Settlers' Hospital will no longer have to travel to Port Elizabeth to received specialised care from gynaecologists and obstetricians, and they'll no longer have to go to Port Alfred to see a physiotherapist.
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Ambulance leaves disabled man stranded

Thu, 1 Dec, 2011

Physically challenged Vergenoeg resident Danie September is still asking questions after the provincial ambulance service left him stranded, causing him to miss an important appointment in Port Elizabeth recently.
HEALTH

Ten years of torment without treatment

Sun, 13 Nov, 2011

“I can even take my shirt off for you, to show you just how bad this is. I don’t care if the whole world sees my body - this I can no longer endure,” Sigidla Ndumo said when he came to the Grocott's Mail offices on Monday last week.
HEALTH

Overcoming stigma to save lives

Thu, 10 Nov, 2011

The unpopularity of blood donation in many black communities of the Eastern Cape has resulted in the province recording just below 32 000 donations last year, although the demand for donations continue to rise rapidly.
HEALTH

Celebrating the return of sight

Fri, 4 Nov, 2011

A fortnight ago a team led by Dr Danie Louw, from the Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital, visited Grahamstown to examine residents on a waiting list for cataract surgery. Last week they returned to conduct around 30 surgeries over two days, on patients they examined during their last visit in July.
HEALTH

For cataract sufferers, a chance to see again

Fri, 21 Oct, 2011

Cataract sufferers are regaining the gift of sight thanks to free eye clinics at the St John Centre in Grahamstown. Grocott's Mail reporter Matthew Smith Miller was there last Thursday to see for himself.

Dr. Danie Louw and his team from Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth make the journey to the St John Centre in Grahamstown between two and four times a year to examine cataract patients.

On the day Grocott's Mail visited the centre, a large crowd of mostly elderly people, waited outside in plastic chairs – the demand for cataract treatment is great, and some people arrived at 5am to ensure they got a place in the queue. Each person held a paper slip with a number on it, and in groups of ten or so, they were called in to begin the examination process.
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