Blow for young heart patients as private cath care cancelled
State medical help for children with heart problems has collapsed in Nelson Mandela Bay.
The Bhisho health department is not providing doctors for open-heart surgeries and has cancelled a life-saving contract with private hospital Netcare Greenacres for the use of its cardiac catheterisation laboratory (cath lab) while the state facility is being repaired...
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