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On A Lighter Note

Wanted: A GP couple for perhaps the UK's most remote medical practice

February 12th, 2020 Only 134 patients to take care of, but the remoteness of this Inner Hebrides practice may mean the occasional assistance of Dr YouTube and Nurse Skype, reports The...

Medical Practice

Technology is leaving some doctors out in the cold

December 13th, 2017 The bizarre case of Dr Anna Konopka, a popular rural doctor in the US, who claims to have been barred from practice because she does not know how to use the...

Medico-Legal

Doctor may approach Labour Court after being ‘forced’ to put patients at COVID-19 risk

The first labour-related case on COVID-19 may come before the Labour Court as early as next week. According to a statement on the Politicsweb site,...

Govt will ‘name and shame’ if COVID-19 patients refuse to give personal information

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned that the government will take decisive steps to deal with people infected with COVID-19 who refuse to...

Press Council appeals committee’s ‘landmark’ ruling on science reporting

The Press Council's appeal committee has ruled in favour of GroundUp, overturning a decision by the ombudsman that the news site has to apologise...

Free State Health called out by High Court for pursuing unwinnable case

Free State Health was more than willing to admit that a woman with appendicitis was left with a chunk of infected appendix inside her after surgery...

Durban COVID-19 patients to seek court order over quarantine

Four COVID-19 positive patients, among the first group identified as carrying the virus upon their return from Italy, are demanding to be released...

Gauteng Health obtains a second COVID-10-related order

Gauteng Health has obtained another coronavirus-related court order – this time against a church in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, reports The Times. The...

GMC concerned about UK doctors profiting from COVID-19 fear by selling tests

The General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK has raised concerns that some doctors are “exploiting patients’ vulnerability” and are seeking to...

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