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The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2] Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.
Lists. Hospitals in South Africa. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and seventh largest hospital in the world. [1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hezbollah conflict. 23 September 2024 Lebanon strikes. The death toll from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon increases to 558 people, including 50 children, with 1,835 others injured. (Al Jazeera) The Israeli government declares a nationwide state of emergency until September 30.
Earlier this week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the mpox outbreaks were a public health emergency, with more than 500 deaths, and called for international ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa was part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize had confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. [4]
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Coordinates: 26°10′36.42″S 28°02′33.34″E. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Geography. Location. Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Organisation.
The national emergency number for ambulances in South Africa is 10 177. These publicly operated services are supplemented by multiple private-for-profit ambulance companies, NetCare 911 [3] and ER24, [4] of which operate locally and nationally. The statutory services and private companies are further supplemented by voluntary ambulance services ...
On 1 March 2020, the first patient later confirmed with COVID-19 in South Africa, returned with his wife and 8 others from the Milan, Italy, [ 1 ] travelling via Dubai, O. R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng [ 2 ] and King Shaka International Airport in Durban to Hilton. [ 3 ] On 3 March, the patient reported with symptoms ...