post-exertional malaise Archives

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Long-haul COVID-19 cases cast new light on chronic fatigue sufferers

February 10th, 2021 The post-exertional malaise displayed by patients who have not recovered from COVID is a common symptom among patients who have not recovered from COVID. It is also...

A Focus

Catching up to ‘Long COVID’ — Diagnostic and treatment information, at last

January 13th, 2021 ‘Long COVID’ – a version of COVID-19 that results in continued illness of a significant number of people for many months after the initial disease has waned –...

Medico-Legal

AG warns urgent intervention needed to prevent provincial health collapse

South Africa's Auditor-General has warned that without urgent intervention, a number of provincial health services face collapse, writes...

Cape Town surgeon ‘pays’ for tax submission failures with ops

A Cape Town orthopaedic surgeon who for nine years failed to submit his company income tax returns had charges withdrawn after he completed a...

Charlotte Maxeke workers disciplined for human rights violations

The Gauteng Health Department has handed two-month suspensions and final written warnings to 40 employees of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg...

No-fault compensation fund rules released for ‘rushed’ comment

The regulations on the government's proposed Covid-19 vaccine injury no-fault compensation scheme were posted on the Department of Co-operative...

ANC’s chief whip to answer for son’s ‘regrettable’ PPE deal

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina has said she is willing to subject herself to Parliament’s Ethics Committee to explain her son’s involvement in a...

COVID-status certificates may be discriminatory — UK rights watchdog

COVID-status certificates being considered by the UK to help open up society could amount to unlawful indirect discrimination, the UK government’s...

Pretoria sperm donor’s quest to access son — SA first

Judgment was reserved in an application launched by a sperm donor to have access to his biological son after the child’s biological mother and her...

Gauteng Health MEC appeals party’s ‘disrepute’ finding

Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku said he is appealing against a finding by an ANC disciplinary committee that he had brought the party...

Testimony of UCT-trained doctor in Chauvin trial challenged

On day 14 of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in the US, the prosecution rested its case, with the former policeman invoking his...

US trial of opioid drug makers’ starts over 500,000 overdose deaths

Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd have gone to trial over claims they helped fuel an opioid...

Hate speech tweet by Durban ‘doctor’

A racist tweet by a Durban person could see them in hot water after a Durban civic association sought to lay criminal charges for utterances that...

Life Esidimeni inquest date announced

The formal inquest hearing into Life Esidimeni is due to start on July 19 in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria). The National Prosecuting Authority...

Dates of COIDA Amendment Bill public hearings

The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour is set to hear verbal submissions related to the COIDA Amendment Bill. The committee will hear from...

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Pharmacist (Fixed Term Contract ends 31/3/2024)

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Healthcare Facility Manager

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Laboratory Manager

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Research Clinician (Medical Doctor)

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Research Nurse / Research Assistant (Fixed Term Contract ending September 2021)

Wits Health Consortium , Research Nurse / Research Assistant (Fixed Term Contract ending September 2021), Relevant Hospitals in Gauteng

Medical Technician (TB Lab) – (2 Year Fixed Term Contract)

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