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The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) &; South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) demonstrated outside Tygerberg Hospital on Tuesday morning demanding that management ensure safer working conditions after almost 140 healthcre workers have been affected by COVID-19. Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape. (David Harrison)
BELVILLE

Nurses work and care in fear of Covid

Staff at Tygerberg hospital detail how, despite their fear of the coronavirus, they continue to help in the medical response to the pandemic

  • Lester Kiewit
5 min read
DESMOND TUTU

Tygerberg Children’s Hospital celebrates Madiba

Reverend Mpho Tutu remembers Nelson Mandela’s love for children and pays tribute to the nurses, doctors and parents of children at the hospital.

  • Kim Cloete
2 min read
ANGELINA JOLIE

Double mastectomy – a drastic measure

A preventative mastectomy might save your life if you are at high risk but it does not provide 100% protection from developing breast cancer.

  • Sydney Masinga
5 min read
BURNS RESEARCH

SA doctor internationally recognised for burns research

A doctor from the Tygerberg Hospital Burns Unit in will in September receive international recognition for her contribution to burns research.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read