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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 6 MIN

Gauteng Health Department rejects claims of unusually high deaths linked to heart surgeries at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

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Thabiso Tema, POWER BREAKFAST host, speaks to Prof Thifhelimbilu Luvhengo – Head of Surgery at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, about how the Gauteng Department of Health has dismissed claims that heart surgery patients are dying at unusually high rates, rejecting allegations of a cover-up and maintaining that the hospital remains a centre of excellence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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