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Correctional Services defy court over hospital transfer of comatose prisoner
Prison authorities defied a court order and refused to transfer an awaiting trial prisoner, who had been unconscious for nearly three weeks, from a...
E-smoking Bill expected before Cabinet still this year
Long-awaited legislation to bring e-cigarettes and new-generation tobacco products into the regulatory net for the first time, is expected to be presented to the...
Parow man arrested after calling COVID19 'a total lie' wants charges dropped
A Parow man who claimed COVID-19 may be spread by community swab tests intends making representations to the National Prosecuting Authority, writes Jenni Evans...
Man accused of killing SA expat doctor in Canada found fit to stand trial
A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta has been found fit to stand trial after a...
UN condemns Nigerian rape law carrying castration and death penalties
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned a recently signed law in Kaduna state in Nigeria that introduced tough penalties...
HPCSA's 3-year disciplinary action against anti-abortion doctor collapses
After preventing anti-abortion intern Dr Jacques de Vos for more than three years from completing his medical training, the Health Professions Council of SA...
Eastern Cape Health slammed over negligence claims
“Unwarranted”, “unacceptable” and “irresponsible” were just some of the adjectives used by judges of the Eastern Cape High Court (Makhanda) to descirber the way...
Fired Gauteng Health MEC slams SIU for politicking
Fired Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku plans to go to court to challenge the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report on his role in awarding...
Aggravated manslaughter charges against anaesthetist
A self-confessed alcoholic anaesthetist who had lost two previous jobs because of drinking but had never been reported to the Belgian medical oversight body,...
Parliamentary report on massive input on NHI Bill delayed to 2021
A report on the written comments received by parliament on the National Health Insurance Bill will only be finalised by mid-February, MPs have been...
Eastern Cape Health ignores SIU order to end internal corruption probe
The Eastern Cape Health Department has apparently rebuffed an attempt by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to stop it from investigating alleged personal protective...
NZ Medical Association changes position on cannabis legalisation
In the final week before the referendum on whether to legalise cannabis the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) has switched its position from one...
Nigeria's paediatric association takes issue with blasphemy conviction
The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has asked the Kano State government to review the conviction of a teenager who was sentenced to 10...
Judicial review over £3bn of UK's COVID-19 spending
A legal action has been launched over the UK government’s failure to disclose details of its spending on contracts related to the pandemic, as...
Stakeholders have more time to make submissions on Cannabis Bill
Stakeholders now have until 30 November to make written submissions on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill in anticipation of public hearings on a...
eSwatini judge's comments spark abortion debate
A High Court judge in eSwatini has launched a debate about legalising abortion. Justice Qinisile Mabuza presided over a case involving a 26-year-old woman...
HPCSA's 'flagrant disregard' for rights of anti-abortion medic — MP
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has violated the human rights of anti-abortion medic Jacques de Vos by delaying his hearing without giving...
Human Rights Commission: Hospital strike was a human rights violation
Actions of staff at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital during a strike violated human rights by denying a “considerable number” of patients the right...
Orthopaedic pioneer kept thousands of bones without patient consent
A renowned UK orthopaedic surgeon, Prof Derek McMinn, over 25 years collected and stored bones from thousands of patients, in breach of legal and...
SA woman sues over unauthorised hysterectomy while a minor
A doctor she consulted when she was trying to conceive confirmed that Bongekile Msibi’s uterus had been surgically removed after she gave birth by...
Kenya to prosecute top officials over $7.8m in missing COVID-19 funds
In a situation that mirrors that playing out in South Africa, Kenyan investigators are to recommend the prosecution of at least 15 top government...
Health MEC threatens legal action over DA's field hospital claims
Embattled Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku has threatened action against Gauteng DA MPL Jack Bloom over statement regarding Nasrec field hospital.
According to News24, Masuku...
Murder of charged anaesthetist brings pressure for legislative change
The killing of a Johannesburg anaesthetist who along with a colleague had been arrested and charged for culpable homicide following the death of a...
SAMA faces winding-up application over R370m dispute with its union
The SA Medical Association may be liquidated following an ongoing dispute with its trade union the SA Medical Association Trade Union, if a court...
Keyhealth placed under provisional curatorship over 'irregularities'
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has placed medical scheme Keyhealth under provisional curatorship, Die Burger reports. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) brought the...
Mkhize: Forcibly sterilised women to receive redress
Action would be taken to ensure women who were forcibly sterilised received redress, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said this week. According to a Cape...
Child abuse and FGM fears over Customary Initiation Bill
Concerns about child abuse and female genital mutilation have been flagged by the Western Cape as some of the hurdles that the Customary Initiation...
Religious leaders move to block Malawi's Abortion Bill
Malawian religious leaders have resolved to block the debating and enactment of the Abortion Bill which is scheduled for tabling in the National Assembly....
Soldier charged with attempted murder of man for not wearing face mask
A SA National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier, who allegedly shot a Limpopo man not wearing a mask, has been granted R5,000 bail in the...
High Court: Epilepsy a disability not a chronic disease
Epilepsy is a disability and not a chronic disease, the Western Cape High Court ruled in ordering Stellenbosch University to reconsider its exclusion of...
Cremation muddle leads to R25m claim against KZN Health
The Maharaj family from Thornville near Pietermaritzburg and the Mateke family from Lesotho are demanding a collective R25m from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health MEC Nomagugu...
Novartis and Roche fined $528m over eye disease treatment
Novartis and Roche have been fined a collective $528m by France’s anti-trust regulator for allegedly conspiring to promote the expensive macular degeneration treatment over...
Gauteng Health MEC lets former CFO off the hook
Gauteng acting Health MEC Jacob Mamabolo has cleared the Gauteng Health Department’s former chief financial officer Kabelo Lehloenya of allegations that she improperly appointed...
Suspension of Australian optometrist who tampered with prescriptions
An Australian optometrist has been disqualified for tampering with eye prescriptions in an apparent attempt to undermine a colleague. According to a BBC News...
Semenya loses appeal against testosterone reduction
SA Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya's appeal against having to take medication to reduce naturally high levels of testosterone has failed in the Federal...
Doctor is part of group charged with R25m Sassa fraud
A 51-year-old doctor has appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for being part of a group that allegedly defrauded the SA Social...
MPs debate problem of tens of thousands of NHI Bill submissions
MPs are still at odds over how to process the tens of thousands of submissions received in response to the National Health Insurance (NHI)...
Durban girl blinded with retinopathy of prematurity gets R11.6m award
A woman whose daughter became permanently blind due to medical negligence at Durban’s Addington Hospital has been awarded R11.6m in damages. The Witness reports...
Financial analysts win $2.5m award for exposing medical firm fraud
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $2.5m last week to two external analysts who exposed Orthofix Medical for financial wrongdoing. A Jurist...
Cannabis Bill parliamentary hearings: Call for submissions
In anticipation of parliamentary hearings on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, the National Assembly’s justice & correctional services committee has called for written...