The SA Medical Association has warned of "immense knock-on effects" to society if doctors fear that their medical judgements may be criminalised, despite them acting on the basis of "reasonable and good intent", writes MedicalBrief.
SAMA said in...South Africa
Following Netcare’s deployment of volunteer nurses, paramedics and medical equipment to the Eastern Cape to cope with the COVID-19 resurgence there, Mediclinic and Life Healthcare are mobilising to deal with the sharp rise in coronavirus cases on...South Africa
The SA Medical Association is to probe reports that some medical students are negotiating to pay up to R100,000 to secure their preferred internships.
Sama chair Dr Angelique Coetzee said on Monday, 23 November, that apart from being unethical...South Africa
To counter the worsening COVID-19 situation in the Eastern Cape, Netcare has deployed extra nurses, paramedics and medical equipment to its hospitals in the province and offered assistance to the state sector, writes MedicalBrief. The medical staff,...South Africa
South Africa is going with the COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine distribution scheme, with a committed purchase for 10% of its population of 58 million, reports IoL, citing a Reuters 'exclusive' report.
Separately, Daily Maverick reported that China...South Africa
During an oversight visit to Nelson Mandela Bay to assess the deteriorating pandemic situation in the Eastern Cape, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize warned that the government would send a “strong message” over alcohol abuse, curfew violations...South Africa
A “pulmonologist” with two private surgeries and a specialist appointment at the Far East Rand Hospital is among 18 arrests by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) of bogus doctors this year, reports IoL.
Ten were men and eight...South Africa
South African hospitals likely under-reported the number of patients with the coronavirus and the death toll probably much higher than the official figure, with almost all 62,000 excess deaths recorded this year being due to COVID-19, according to a...South Africa
The chances of SA getting a significant volume of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine before end June 2021 are “extremely unlikely”, said Wits University professor of vaccinology Shabir Madhi in the Sunday Times.
He said the announcement that the...South Africa
The Council of Medical Schemes Appeal Board has upheld an appeal by the Board of Healthcare Funders and revoked Discovery's earlier permission from the CMS to sell low-cost primary health-care products.
The order has been suspended until May 31...South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s silence on the possible return to lockdown level two regulations is upsetting the business community, Die Burger reports.
Business for SA (B4SA) has issued a statement lashing the president for the uncertainty....South Africa
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has again denied allegations about donations to the ANC made during his tenure as the party’s treasurer-general, as claimed by former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana, reports BusinessLIVE.
In an interview with Daily...South Africa
Contact tracing has failed and government app is little more than “wishful thinking”, says Wits University’s professor Shabir Madhi, in a Sunday Times report.
Science reporter Tanya Farber writes that contact tracing is only effective if...South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe financial impact on South African practitioners with some GPs, cardiothoracic surgeons and neurosurgeons losing up to 80% of the their income and having to close their practices, according to medical indemnity...South Africa
The geographical position of the cellphone carried murdered Johannesburg anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi was being constantly tracked by the man now accused of the hit on the section commander of the Anti-Gang Unit in Cape Town.
An investigation...South Africa
A document tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni reveals cuts to public health spending that were not elaborated upon in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). A Business Day report says in a marked departure from prior...
