The fallout from the Life Esidimeni and other scandals has finally caught up with former Gauteng Health MECs Qedani Mahlangu and Brian Hlongwa. They have no other option but to resign from their roles as provincial executive committee (PEC) members....Weekly Roundup
Two paramedics were robbed in Seawinds, near Muizenberg, making it the 56th such attack in the Cape Town area this year, reports News24. "It was upsetting. It has become something of a norm now," City of Cape Town's emergency services spokesperson...Weekly Roundup
Swiss drugmaker Roche has announced that its Tecentriq immunotherapy in combination with Avastin and chemotherapy has won US Food and Drug Administration approval as a first-line treatment for a type of lung cancer. The approval was based on results...Weekly Roundup
The Eastern Cape Health MEC has been gifted a brand-new car of just under R1m as part of the Eastern Cape Adjustment Budget.
Bobby Stevensen, the Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow MEC for Finance in the Eastern Cape, writes: “Part of the...Weekly Roundup
Families of victims of the Life Esidimeni tragedy are demanding that the government settle outstanding compensation. News24 reports that the family members marched to the office of Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Monday of this week and later...Weekly Roundup
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has hit back at an article published last week that, UCT spokesperson Elijah Moholola said in a report in The Times, “makes a wholly incorrect claim that pollutants found in False Bay and neighbouring coast could...Weekly Roundup
The world’s largest medical glove manufacturer, with 40 factories in Malaysia, subjects its workers to forced labour, forced overtime, debt bondage, withheld wages and passport confiscation, claims an investigation by The Guardian.
The Guardian...Weekly Roundup
Accident and emergency departments in the UK have seen attendances due to lung-related illnesses almost double in under a decade as increasingly virulent flu strains and a rise in air pollution take their toll. The Guardian reports that a shortage...Weekly Roundup
Medical malpractice insurance broker Natmed Medical Defence has released the second edition of its Glossary of Medical Negligence and Insurance Terms, now rebranded “Natmedipedia”. The publication is the first of its kind.
Natmed continues to...Weekly Roundup
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) celebrated 20 years of existence by leading a symbolic march to the Constitutional Court to thank it for what it has done for people living with HIV. News24 quotes general secretary Anele Yawa as saying they...Weekly Roundup
The Competition Commission’s long-running health market inquiry has delayed publishing its final report until 29 March, 2019, saying it needs more time to consider the extensive submissions it has received from stakeholders since it published its...Weekly Roundup
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) says that employees and unions have been consulted about the restructuring and they were assured the changes would not result in job losses. The Citizen reports that the National Education...Weekly Roundup
Hundreds of people in need of critical, life-saving treatment are desperate, as the only functional cardiac catheterisation laboratory in the Eastern Cape is broken beyond repair, writes Jane Cowley, Democratic Alliance shadow MEC for health in the...Weekly Roundup
Three Tshwane Emergency Services paramedics were robbed at gunpoint while attending to a patient in the back of a City ambulance in Soshanguve (Block GG) over the weekend. According to a News24 report, the City of Tshwane said it was dismayed at the...Weekly Roundup
Security at Leratong Hospital in Mogale City, Johannesburg, will be beefed up following a spate of violent crime. The Times reports that in the latest incident, there was an attempted forced entry at the hospital's casualty ward. Escorts of a...Weekly Roundup
When Dr Morné Kahts walks into the surgical ward at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, the eyes of patient Lucky Felisono light up. “Heita Lucky,” says Kahts, to which the Atlantis security guard responds, “Heita daar”. Then the doctor...
