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Bogus pulmonologist arrested in Springs
A woman has been arrested for contravention of parts of the Health Professions Act after she was found to have been operating medical practices...
Johnson & Johnson's appeal on $2.12bn talc verdict dismissed
Missouri's highest court has refused to consider Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $2.12bn damages award to women who blamed their ovarian cancer on...
Informed consent is critical as elective surgery resumes — healthcare company
With medical malpractice litigation in South Africa having more than doubled over the past two years, the added complication of COVID-19 raises a large...
Axed Health MEC applies to set aside 'garbage’ SIU findings
Axed Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku has filed an application in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), asking that the findings of the Special...
R2m claim: Finger amputated after emergency centre treatment
A woman who eventually had her ring finger amputated after being attacked at her home in Centurion in 2016 has brought a R2m lawsuit...
Awaiting-trial prisoner moved to private hospital following urgent application
Avineshsing Rajbansi has been moved to a private healthcare facility after an urgent application was made at the Durban Regional Court. According to a...
EFF's Health Bill underscores 'massive financial implications of NHI'
Because the EFF’s National Health Amendment Bill has such ‘massive financial implications for the department and the Ministry’, the cost of providing health services...
Gauteng hospital CEO gets 'precautionary transfer' in misconduct probe
The Gauteng Health Department has given Ruth Mabyana, CEO of Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto, a “precautionary transfer” amid a misconduct debacle in which...
Western Cape ponders changes to Liquor Act to curb binge drinking
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has announced the provincial government is urgently considering the introduction of ‘per-unit-of-alcohol’ pricing to curb binge drinking. A Business...
Maker of OxyContin agrees to plead guilty and faces $8.3bn in penalties
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges related to its marketing of the addictive painkiller, and faces...
Unregistered JHB dentist arrested and charged after 2 years of practice
A “bogus” dentist who had been operating for two years though he is not registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA),...
Discovery's multi-million court battle with gynaecologist over 'misrepresentation'
A multimillion-rand litigation battle between insurer Discovery Life and a Limpopo gynaecologist, is headed to court on Friday, reports News24. The gynaecologist, Dr Patrick...
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....