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10/12/2025

Tygerberg Hospital

Tygerberg Hospital Makes History 🏥🇿🇦✨

A medical breakthrough! Tygerberg Hospital performs SA’s first-ever bone transport surgery.
🔗 https://thestar.co.za/news/2025-12-08-tygerberg-hospital-makes-history-with-first-bone-transport-surgery-in-south-africa/

03/07/2025

20/02/2025

Hand, foot and mouth disease on the rise at Durban schools

The number of confirmed reports of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Durban schools has more than tripled in a week, with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health confirming 36 117 cases by Saturday. The first six cases were recorded among grades 1, 2 and 3 children at a school in Phoenix, north....

17/12/2024

US bans common carcinogenic chemicals.

In a decision welcomed by environmentalists and health advocates, America’s Environmental Protection Agency has banned two solvents found in everyday products that can cause cancer and other serious diseases. For decades, communities close to factories, airports, dry cleaners and other sites have ...

22/11/2024

How to minimize instrument tray holes or cavities that could harbour dirt. Our FULL DIN Instrument tray has fine, 2 mm holes made by the punch pattern have permeability of more than 50%, which will benefit the washing process for more info: https://safmed.co.za/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/83/

15/11/2024

The Full DIN instrument trays available from SafMed have been manufactured from highly polished AISI 304L grade stainless steel. Thanks to their smooth and dimensionally stable base, the instruments will firmly stay in place for more info:
https://safmed.co.za/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/318/

14/11/2024

PMB hospital gets world-class award for quality stroke care.

https://www.medicalbrief.co.za/pmb-hospital-gets-world-class-award-for-quality-stroke-care/

06/11/2024

The Cantel ISA7 Endoscope Reprocessor is a compact, easy to use endoscope washer disinfector that is compatible with the major flexible endoscopes brands available in South Africa.
https://safmed.co.za/cantal.html

30/10/2024

Organophosphate has been found to be the cause of death of six Soweto children who were said to have consumed snacks from a local spaza shop

Organophosphate has been found to be the cause of death of six Soweto children who were said to have consumed snacks from a local spaza shop...

24/10/2024

Health inspector army seeks ‘chemical agent’ tied to food poisonings.

The Department of Health is dispensing 80 environmental health inspectors to search for “chemical agents” believed to be responsible for a rash of apparent food poisoning cases countrywide, the latest incidents being reported this week in KwaZulu-Natal where 43 pupils fell ill after allegedly ea...