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SIU apologises for long delay in transcribing Digital Vibes recordings
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) failed to transcribe the recorded key interviews that informed its findings against former health minister Zweli Mkhize in the...
SA nurse in UK fakes husband's death, struck off the roll
A South African nurse has been struck off Britain’s medical roll after claiming her husband had died so she could claim a £400,000 life...
UK’s NHS could cough up billions in infected blood scandal payments
Compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal, the biggest treatment disaster in the history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), could cost billions...
HPCSA disciplinaries: Incompetent and unauthorised post-mortems and numerous counts of fraudulent medical aid claims
A GP who botched a postmortem, a graduate clinical technologist who illegally prescribed medication, and an orthotist who issues numerous fraudulent claims to a...
Groups drop vaccine legal suits
Two legal suits – one against a vaccine mandate and the other opposing a vaccines children's trial – have been abandoned by the applicants.
The...
Threat to Presidency DG confirms murder plot – Deokaran family
The family of assassinated whistle-blower Babita Deokaran, who was gunned down outside her Johannesburg home last August, said they hoped protection would be provided...
Sperm donor who fathered 15 children hid his low IQ genetic condition
A judge has ordered the identity of a British sperm donor, who fathered 15 children to lesbian women without revealing he has an inheritable...
Prison sentence for US doctor claiming ‘miracle cure’ for COVID
A San Diego doctor who boasted he had a miracle cure for COVID-19, at the height of the pandemic and before vaccines were available,...
High Court dismisses psychologist’s stay of inquiry bid
An application by psychologist Christie Els for a permanent stay of inquiry proceedings against her by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has...
PPE supplier challenges Tribunal’s power in R38m forfeiture dispute
Judgment was reserved last week in a case that carries major implications for the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) probe into COVID-19 procurement corruption. The...
Bogus doctors nabbed for selling fraudulent certificates
Two people were arrested for impersonating medical doctors and fraudulently issuing medical certificates to the public. They will appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court...
Female medical students win compensation over entrance test bias
After a four-year battle, female plaintiffs who sued a top medical university in Japan for gender discrimination won compensation at Tokyo District Court on...
SAB challenge to lockdown booze ban dismissed by court
The Western Cape High Court, in a two-to-one decision, on Friday dismissed an application by South African Breweries (SAB) against the regulations banning the...
Civil society groups’ court clash against COVID rules set for July
An application by civil society groups challenging proposed regulations for COVID-19 rules will be heard by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) in July.
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UK surgeon ‘harmed’ 203 women with controversial, unnecessary operations
More than 200 women were left with life-changing physical problems or unable to work, while others suffered trauma and serious psychological damage after a...
Nurse convicted for performing illegal abortions
A registered clinical nurse and her sister, convicted on multiple charges of concealment of birth after performing illegal abortions in Gqeberha, will be sentenced...
Doctors win dispute over compulsory sale of hospital shares upon retirement
Seven doctors who are shareholders in Life St Mary’s private hospital in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, will keep their shares after the Eastern Cape (Mthatha)...
Medico-legal claims bill slashed, says KZN Health
While the KZN Department of Health has apparently reduced the costs of medico-legal claims against it, slashing a R459.5m bill to R242.5m, opposition parties...
Former HoD's R30m fraud case postponed
The fraud case involving a former North West Department of Health HoD, Dr Andrew Lekalakala, who is out on R5,000 bail, has been delayed...
ActionSA applies to join COVID legal challenge
ActionSA says if new regulations for COVID-19 are allowed to stand, they will amount to a breach of the constitutional order, reports EWN. The...
CCMA: Zero-severance retrenchment for jab refusal is fair
Long-standing precedents mean someone who refused a COVID-19 vaccine can be fairly retrenched without being paid any severance, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and...
Ex-student to appear in court over alleged UKZN medical school bribe
A former University of KZN student accused of faking his matric results in 2010 to secure a place at the Nelson R Mandela School...
‘Private’ cannabis use application by dismissed SAAF cadets fails in High Court
The High Court (Pretoria) has refused to hear an urgent application of four SAAF cadets kicked off a training programme for having taken cannabis,...
Sections of Mental Health Act ruled unconstitutional by High Court
Sections of the Mental Health Act that allowed the involuntary detention of patients, as occurred in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, have been declared unconstitutional...
Sanofi ordered to compensate for epilepsy drug’s autism side-effect in pregnancy
A French court has ordered pharmaceutical giant Sanofi to pay more than €400,000 in damages to a family whose child suffered from a form...
Bill granting paid menstrual-leave for severe period pain before Spanish cabinet
Spain is poised to become the first European country entitling women experiencing severe period pain to monthly menstrual leave, reports BBC News. A draft...
Clicks clash with independent pharmacies heads to Constitutional Court
A legal tussle between between the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) and Clicks on pharmacy ownership and patient rights will be heading to the...
R1.6bn new claims for medical negligence in Gauteng hospitals
The Gauteng Health Department says medico-legal claims continue to rise, and “extraordinary measures must be taken to prevent a possible collapse of the healthcare...
US former nurse convicted in lethal drug error sentenced to three years probation
RaDonda Vaught, the US former nurse who was convicted on felony charges after fatally injecting a patient with an incorrect drug, was sentenced to...
US judge blocks part of controversial law, green-lights meds for transgender youth
Transgender minors in Alabama can, for now, use medicine to transition, a federal judge has ruled in an order blocking part of a state...
93 doctors sue HPCSA over ‘arbitrary and unreasonable’ obstacles to practice
A group of doctors who studied at overseas universities and hoped to return home to practise medicine in South Africa, have accused the Health...
‘Neurodiversity’ discrimination is new frontier in UK employment disputes
Employment tribunals in which employees alleged they were discriminated against for being “neurodiverse” rose by a third in Britain last year.
Neurodiversity is an umbrella...
Karolinska surgeon on trial for ‘aggravated assault’ over pioneering transplants
An Italian surgeon, who made headlines for pioneering synthetic trachea transplants using stem cells, is currently on trial in Sweden charged with aggravated assault...
Mkhize’s political ambitions under pressure as Hawks probe criminal charges
Former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize’s bid to vie for a leadership position at the ANC’s elective conference in December has been dealt a...
Former State Attorney official and associates to pay back R4.5m to Gauteng Health
The Special Tribunal has ordered a former State Attorney official, a relative, and an associate to pay back R4.5m they allegedly defrauded from the...
Landmark application: Man approaches UK High Court in bid to have dead wife’s baby with surrogate
A man whose wife died while pregnant with twins after fertility treatment is fighting for the right to use their last remaining frozen embryo...
Sydney gynaecologist acquitted of sexual charges by patients in two trials
A Sydney gynaecologist has been found not guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting a patient, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. In a separate case, he...
Phaahla vows to close loopholes, end medico-legal claims
Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has promised to close the tap on billions of rands in medical claims faced by his department. Currently the...
GEMS accused of issuing R600m multivitamins contract irregularly
The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) irregularly issued a R600m multivitamins contract, in violation of the Public Finance Management Act and other regulations, to...
Eastern Cape Health gets interdict against striking Gqeberha workers
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has obtained an interim interdict against trade unions and their members after weeks of disruptions, intimidation and illegal...