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Negligence jailing the 'last straw' for SA obs/gynae profession?
The Gauteng High Court's rejection of gynaecologist Dr Danie van der Walt's appeal against a five-year direct imprisonment for negligently causing the death of a patient, could be the "last straw" for a profession already under siege, experts...
High Court rejects gynae's appeal against 5-years' jail for deadly negligence
April 24th, 2019 The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has confirmed the conviction and sentence of five years direct imprisonment for Dr Danie van der Walt, a gynaecologist who caused the death of a woman in labour through negligence. The Health Professions Council...CMS to be probed for maladministration and corruption
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is poised to launch an investigation into possible maladministration and corruption at the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and is likely to extend into the private sector, reports Business Day. The report...Health sector in Tito Mboweni's medium-term budget
The ease with which the Treasury has been able to fund President Cyril Ramaphosa’s promises to fill 2,200 critical medical posts in the provinces, as well as extra beds and line, shows the slow pace of roll-out of the National Health Insurance...Boycotting nursing students: 'The problem is not with us...'
Hundreds of third-year nursing students at Ann Latsky Nursing College in Johannesburg are boycotting their exams after complaining that they were not adequately prepared for the general nursing exam they wrote last week. The Times quotes a student...Former Gauteng Health MEC and others implicated in corruption worth R1.2bn
Twelve public servants and politicians, including former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa and current ANC chief whip in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, and 10 private sector companies have been implicated in corruption worth R1.2bn in the...Health Bills gazetted and open for public comment – Motsoaledi
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has been published in the Government Gazette, paving the way for the Health Department to set up an NHI fund that will purchase healthcare services on behalf of the population. Business Day reports that it is...Motsoaledi briefing on NHI and Medical Schemes Bills
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is to brief the media today (Thursday) on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill. News and analysis will be posted to the MedicalBrief website during the course of the...Gauteng Health paid 'grossly excessive' R103m to law firm on Esidimeni
The Gauteng Health Department has paid R103m to Ngcebetsha Madlanga Attorneys for work that included an opinion on terminating the Life Esidimeni contract‚ and opposing the two court applications that tried to stop the transfer of mental health...
Dr Death wins Supreme Court appeal against HPCSA
January 17th, 2018 An appeal by apartheid-era’s Dr Wouter Basson, dubbed Dr Death, to have two Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) members recused from the committee deciding his sentence for unethical conduct, has succeeded in the Supreme Court of Appeal...
Guptas' Dubai medical facility linked to SA health tenders
November 8th, 2017 The Gupta family set up a Dubai-based project for the supply and running of mobile clinics in the Free State and the North West, with an immediate potential value of R50m and a national rollout worth about R1bn a year, The Times reports. Gupta ally...Makgoba report: Heads start to roll
Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu resigned, hours before the release of the Health Ombudsman's report, while the head of Gauteng Health and other senior officials implicated the deaths of 94 psychiatric patients, will face disciplinary...