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A women is forced to suffer an undignified and painful abortion, baby Ikho who should have lived but died as a result of gross mismanagement at Pilani Clinic, which has no electricity and has never seen an ambulance but serves 1800 patients every month.

Following a special report compiled by the TAC and SECTION27 – these stories tell of the broader health system crisis in the Eastern Cape and of the people who suffer the consequences of mismanagement, corruption and indifference. Read Health-e’s coverage below.

Baby’s death sparks national campaign to fix the Eastern Cape 

Sep 11, 2013 02:04 am | Laura Lopez Gonzalez

Dr. Dingeman Rijken will always remember baby Ikho. Now, following the infant’s death at the hands of a failing health system, a national campaign will ensure others don’t forget him either.

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Be warned 

Sep 11, 2013 02:03 am | Mark Heywood

OPINION: Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood on a controversial new campaign to fix the Eastern Cape’s health system – and why a new health report should come with a warning label.

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Eastern Cape clinics face widespread shortages 

Sep 11, 2013 02:02 am | health-e

Pilani Clinic is often the first point of care for patients from the Eastern Cape’s Coffee Bay area but it is often not their last as systemic shortages fuel a referral system that is costing patient lives and money.

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Mthatha hospital maternity ward horror 

Sep 11, 2013 02:01 am | health-e

Traumatised: Lindeka When Lindeka arrived at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha she had already miscarried her baby but the horror of what happened next only added to her trauma

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Timeline of a troubled province 

Sep 11, 2013 02:00 am | Laura Watermeyer

Over the past 15 years the Eastern Cape Health Department has deteriorated. Fraught with medicine shortages, equipment failures, huge staff vacancies, corruption and fraud, this timeline documents just some of the many problems surrounding this troubled province.

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