31.   He said that most of the dead had failed to obtain medical treatment because reports on the spread of the disease came too late to provincial health authorities.

32.   In an illustration of the severity of the financial crisis, a provincial health minister has told hospital physicians to remove prostheses from dead patients and recycle them.

33.   A local Red Cross official said provincial health officials faced a diarrhea epidemic.

34.   Two initiation schools have been closed down by provincial health authorities, Gauteng health official Gwen Ramokgopa said Wednesday night.

35.   Local officials have asked the provincial health department to send experts and anti-venom medicine to Tiaong to immediately treat any further cases.

36.   On Friday, Lahana began bleeding in the brain, and deteriorated after stabilising briefly on Saturday, the Gauteng provincial health department said in a statement.

37.   On Friday, Lahana had a cerebral hemorrhage and deteriorated after stabilising briefly on Saturday, the Gauteng provincial health department said in a statement.

38.   Provincial health department spokesman, Popo Maja, told the domestic news agency SAPA that the provincial government was preparing to sack the strikers.

39.   The operation will be performed in April, unless the provincial health system steps in first, Ylioja said.