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Mahikeng doctor defies strike violence to deliver babies

May 2nd, 2018 A Mahikeng doctor defied burning tyres and barricaded roads to deliver eight babies, four by Caesarean, when violent strike action virtually closed down the hospital,...

Medico-Legal

Fresh criticism of ‘dysfunctional’ HPCSA after Ramdhin debacle

Yet another collapsed Health Professions Council of SA disciplinary hearing has brought new criticism of an organisation that a ministerial task ream...

SAHPRA ‘error’ means Ivermectin ‘has been legal for 30 years’

The civil rights organisation AfriForum claims that a slip-up by the health regulator means that the medicine has been legal all along for human use...

Testosterone-level battle to European Court of Human Rights

South African athlete Caster Semenya is taking her legal fight to participate in women’s sports to the European Court of Human Rights, her latest...

New mother to be taken off life support against family’s wishes

A woman in her early 30s, who has COVID-19 and is in an induced coma following the birth of a son a month ago, should be allowed to die against her...

Call for SA government to revive e-cigarette legislation

Local public health researchers have called on the government to revive stalled legislation intended to regulate e-cigarettes, saying they are being...

SANDF applies to SAHPRA to trial illegally imported Cuban drug

The South African military will apply to run a clinical trial for the use of a drug known as Heberon to tackle COVID-19, ending a dispute over the...

SACAA preliminary report into Netcare helicopter crash released

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) has released its preliminary accident report on the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a...

Pietermaritzburg doctor in court over ‘holding employees hostage’

A Pietermaritzburg doctor accused of holding employees at her private practice and of ordering armed men to terrorise and torture others over a...

Dlamini-Zuma granted leave to appeal ruling on tobacco ban

The Western Cape High Court has granted Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma leave to appeal its...

Afriforum: Govt admits private sector may buy COVID-19 vaccines

AfriForum and Solidarity have announced that the government has admitted under oath in its court documents that there is no legal restriction on the...

First evidence heard in Gauteng High Court ‘right to die’ case

What he fears most is not being able to die when the time comes. A Pretoria News report says this was the evidence of Diethelm Harck (71), one of the...

Amended COVID-19 disaster management regulations gazetted

Amended COVID-19 disaster management regulations have been gazetted, confirming announcements from President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa’s...

‘Significant’ risk to dispensing SA’s unregistered Ivermectin

Four out of five Ivermectin tablets tested in South Africa had at least one unregistered active pharmaceutical ingredient, writes MedicalBrief. This...

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