South Africa’s biggest private hospital group, Mediclinic International, is taking a pragmatic view on the government’s plans for universal health coverage, saying...News Release
19 November marks the start of a ten-day countdown to save healthcare in South Africa.
On 29 November, public comment on the ANC’s disastrous National Health...Weekly Roundup
Lobby group AfriForum has described government's proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme as nothing more than a cash grab to make up for the money lost through...South Africa
Trade union Solidarity has criticised the recent decision by the government’s biggest medical scheme to guarantee private hospital care to all its members, saying it...Breaking News
The government’s ambitious and controversial National Health Insurance plans — which it insists will be implemented come hell or high water — got barely a mention...
October 30th, 2019
As South African health professionals have become more knowledgeable about the National Health Insurance scheme they have become increasingly negative about it, reports...
The government-initiated National Health Insurance (NHI) has been lauded as a great development towards achieving equitable healthcare, particularly for the poor, but...South Africa
Up to 80% of South Africa's radiologists are considering emigrating, according to a new Radiology Society of SA survey, cited in the Financial Mail.
The National...
October 23rd, 2019
Commentators have in recent months raised many questions about how South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system might function – or not function....
October 23rd, 2019
Honour your doctor on National Doctors’ Day, November 16, by sharing your story of how he or she has made a difference in your life.
South Africa is in the midst...
