What was a suspected stroke turned out to be a severe case of sepsis that left the veteran ‘Carte Blanche’ reporter tubed up in a hospital bed.
A couple of players at a Texas school needed medical attention after a gruelling team workout.
Born in 1960, Charles Cullen had a miserable childhood – ding ding – as the youngest of eight siblings who had lost their parents pretty early on.
A number of signs with laughable spelling errors made their way into the Helen Joseph Hospital in Gauteng.
Green Point’s New Somerset Hospital was the scene of a triple killing on Saturday.
A patient begs for help while another sleeps on the floor in a shocking video from inside a KZN hospital circulating on social media.
South Africa may have weathered the worst of the storm, but stories of gross negligence and corruption will continue to emerge as the months roll on.
Two temporary COVID-19 field hospitals in Cape Town are set to close as admissions drop, and virus rates decline in the Western Cape.
It’s no secret that in some parts of the country, the healthcare system has all but collapsed. The BBC has taken a heartbreaking, and terrifying, look inside.
Most of us will never fully comprehend the sacrifices being made to treat the ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections, but this video does give some insight into what happens inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit.
Shipping containers can be used in a number of imaginative ways, some of which you’ve probably never considered.
Whilst forking out for medical aid each month may give you peace of mind, it doesn’t necessarily guarantee you’ll end up in a private hospital bed.
Sick patients fighting each other for oxygen machines, blood on the walls, and other horrors are just part of the daily lives of those fighting COVID-19 in Eastern Cape hospitals.
As the Western Cape’s confirmed coronavirus death toll continues to spike, healthcare workers on the front lines are sharing heartbreaking stories.
The royal baby was due to be born at Frogmore Cottage, but complications forced Meghan to give birth in a hospital.
A man discovered a hospital bed graveyard while visiting his son at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.
She might be heavily pregnant, but that hasn’t stopped Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, from having a sense of humour.
South Africa’s ailing public healthcare system is on blast again, after a tragic story from a KZN hospital hit the news.
A Cape Town-based paediatrician decided to ask his patients what matters most in their lives, and the answers might just help us all with a sense of perspective.
A Durban woman was so shocked at the verbal abuse hurled at an elderly patient across from her, she recorded the incident for others to see.
We all like to try out a new restaurant now and again, but when it comes to hospitals there is no messing about. According to one survey, these are the best of the bunch
One BBC producer got more than she bargained for when a Wits student doctor challenged them during an interview. It’s quite entertaining.
At over R25 000 a night, this hospital for women and children attracts the rich and famous and it just may be worth it.
Watch as a man stands in the middle of the street filming himself and then falls to the ground after gunshots go off.
Fans of super skinny jeans will be used to the odd sideways glance or two but ending up in hospital – there’s something that I don’t imagine crossed your mind.
Spare a thought for the people of Mexico City today as an explosion at a maternity hospital has rocked the city. See a video of the aftermath here.
Robbie Williams proved years ago at Knebworth that he is the king of entertainment. I certainly agree, especially after seeing these videos…
It’s not difficult to make Americans panic, but maybe this time they have an actual reason: Ebola. It’s there. It has entered the Land of Freedom.
How would you feel if you realise that your little brat, who’s throwing a tantrum because you said no to an extremely overpriced toy, isn’t even yours?
Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in New York were removing a woman’s organs for transplant when they realised the woman was alive. Colleen Burns had opened her eyes during surgery.