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COHSASA CEO elected to international quality and safety body

June 19th, 2019 The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) CEO, Jacqui Stewart, has been elected to the International Academy of Quality & Safety...

Medico-Legal

HPCSA to appeal dropping of two charges against anti-abortion doctor

The disciplinary hearing into anti-abortion doctor Jacques de Vos by the Health Professions Council of SA has been adjourned to 2 April 2020, to...

New hospital CEO comes with charges for ‘gross dishonesty’

The newly appointed CEO of the Far East Rand Hospital, Dr Zachariah Mathaba, was employed despite facing charges of gross dishonesty for allegedly...

TAC applies to join landmark medical negligence case before ConCourt

The activist Treatment Action Campaign has applied to be heard as a friend of the court in a landmark Constitutional Court case on medical...

North West health boss gets bail in Gupta-linked fraud case

North West Health boss Dr Thabo Lekalakala has been granted R5,000 bail by the Molopo Magistrate’s Court in Mmabatho after being arrested for...

Unregistered doctor ‘allowed to practise’ at PMB hospital

A Cuban national, operating under an alias, allegedly practised at a Pietermartizburg hospital under the credentials of a registered practitioner,...

Damages because twisted foot puts woman in ‘daily danger’

A 20-year-old woman, whose right foot was severely damaged at birth in a state hospital, has won R2m in compensation in the Gauteng High Court...

UK hospital admits liability after woman operated on while conscious

A hospital in the UK has admitted liability after a woman reported being operated on while conscious, leaving her with post-traumatic stress...

Damages after trainee surgeon inserts metal plate incorrectly

A Soshanguve man is due to receive damages from Gauteng Health after a trainee surgeon incorrectly inserted a metal plate into his wrist at Dr...

British GP faces jail for molesting 23 female patients

A UK GP is facing jail after molesting 23 female patients whom he persuaded to have unnecessary examinations, reports The Guardian. Dr Manish...

New York doctor convicted of bribes and kickbacks in opioid case

A New York doctor has been convicted of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics in exchange for prescribing...

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