{"id":75823,"date":"2014-12-11T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/75823\/public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer\/"},"modified":"2014-12-11T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T07:27:12","slug":"public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/12\/11\/public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Public flock to hospital to see what it has to offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bertha Gxowa Hospital recently held an open day, to inform the community about the various services available at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Bertha Gxowa Hospital is designated as a district hospital serving Ekurhuleni in Gauteng.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Services provided are non-specialist in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following services are available:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Accident, emergency and trauma.<\/li>\n<li>Allied services: audiology and speech therapy; clinical psychology; dietetics; occupational therapy; physiotherapy; social work; radiography (x-ray) services and sonar and pharmaceutical services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the allied services operate on an eight-hour basis, except for the pharmacy which operates for 12 hours on week days and four hours on weekends and public holidays.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical-legal including post exposure prophylaxis (PEP).<\/li>\n<li>General medicine.<\/li>\n<li>General surgery &#8212; excluding orthopaedics.<\/li>\n<li>General paediatrics including prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV\/Aids.<\/li>\n<li>Medical laboratory.<\/li>\n<li>Reproductive health: obstetrics and gynaecology; ante-natal care; choice termination of pregnancy (CTOP first trimester); cancer screening and male medical circumcision (MMC).<\/li>\n<li>Counselling, testing, comprehensive care management and treatment of HIV\/Aids, STI and TB (CCMT and HCT) and TB focal points.<\/li>\n<li>Out-patients.<\/li>\n<li>Theatre.<\/li>\n<li>Adult high care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-75823 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/12\/11\/public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer\/attachment\/50gcngeneralhospmh_617839483\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_617839483-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-75825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_617839483-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_617839483-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_617839483.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-75825'>\n\t\t\t\tA large crowd of people attended the Bertha Gxowa Hospital\u2019s recent open day.\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/12\/11\/public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer\/attachment\/50gcngeneralhospmh_584446542\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_584446542-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-75824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_584446542-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_584446542-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/50GCNGENERALHOSPMH_584446542.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-75824'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Bertha Gxowa Hospital recently held an open day, to inform the public about the services it can provide.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/12\/11\/public-flock-to-hospital-to-see-what-it-has-to-offer\/attachment\/hospital-1-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-1-Custom-200x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-75859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-1-Custom-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-1-Custom-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-1-Custom-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-1-Custom-650x487.jpg 650w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom-177x133.jpg 177w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2014\/12\/hospital-2-Custom.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-75860'>\n\t\t\t\tOpen day at hospital.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div 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