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Provinces owe billions to struggling National Health Laboratory Service

The National Health Laboratory Service is owed R8.9bn in unpaid accounts by various provinces – while also battling staff shortages and huge backlogs in...

1st-year med school dropout worked as KZN hospital doctor

A 24-year-old former first-year medical student has been arrested on charges of fraud, reports The Mercury. Police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, said the man...

No jobs for 200 newly qualified nurses, claims DA

More than 200 newly qualified nurses finishing their community service at state hospitals in Gauteng province are not being absorbed into permanent posts as...

MP 'assaulted' during oversight visit to EC hospital

The Democratic Alliance has responded angrily to the alleged assault of an MP during a hospital oversight visit and the Eastern Cape Health's ruling...

KZN Health unveils new cancer-fighting machines

The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has unveiled 15 new cervical cancer machines at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, which they say would significantly reduce the...