The Health budget for the Western Cape reaches R8.6 billion in 2008/09. This is 34.7% of the provincial budget and is good news for the 3.8 million uninsured people dependent on public health services in our province.  > 

"A worldwide first and groundbreaking initiative will enable the FPS laboratories at Salt River and Tygerberg to drastically cut the amount of time spent on autopsies with the installation of the Lodox Statscan machines," Minister Uys said at the commissioning of the machines today.  > 

I would like to extend hearty best wishes to all the people of the Western Cape and wish them well over the festive season and into the New Year.  > 

'n Gratis immuniseringsveldtog vind dwarsoor die provinsie van die 8ste tot 14de Oktober 2006 plaas, waartydens alle kinders onder die ouderdom van vyf jaar teen polio geïmmuniseer sal word.  > 

Cervical cancer is a disease which is preventable and curable if discovered in time through a pap smear, Premier Rasool said at the start of National Womens month. Rasool said screening (pap smears) is the cornerstone of prevention of cervical cancer and he urged women ...  > 

"The wellbeing of our patients in our facilities receive the highest priority and the treatment they receive must be compared with the best in the world. This is only possible though, if we create circumstances wherein our nurse personnel can deliver service of the highest ...  > 

The 2 May is World Asthma Day, a disease which is impairing the health of thousands of Western Cape kids. The prevalence of the disease is higher in South Africa than the average for Africa and the rest of the world. "The disease continues to ...  >