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Debacle over Chinese medical 'qualifications' of SA students
The Free State government, which funded 44 medical students to train in China, tried to work around the Health Professions Council of SA refusal to recognise...
Motsoaledi: Arrests expected on fake medical negligence claims
A group of lawyers has been milking the state of millions of rands in alleged fake medical negligence claims for cerebral palsy cases. News24...
SA set to carry warning labels on 'junk food'
Packaged food that is high in salt, sugar and fat may soon have to carry warning labels, according to a top health official. “We...
Education Department accuses MSF of ‘skulduggery’
The SA Department of Basic Education has denied claims by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) that the rollout of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services...
CMS decision to allow Discovery Insurance's medical aid product challenged
The Board of Healthcare Funders is 'unhappy' over the decision of the Council for Medical Schemes to allow Discovery Life to offer medical aid products...
Eskom load shedding limiting Gauteng surgery schedules — DA
Gauteng hospitals and clinics have been hit by Eskom’s load shedding in the past week, with some generators failing and operations being cancelled as...
Motsoaledi says he is 'highly distressed' over unpaid junior doctors
Health Minister DR Aaron Motsoaledi says in an Eyewitness News report that he is disappointed and highly distressed that some interns and doctors who...
Confusion over Ramaphosa's NHI remarks in his SONA address
President Cyril Ramaphosa created confusion with a remark about the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) during his State of the Nation address, health experts...
NHI rollout could cost up to 132,000 jobs, says HASA
National Health Insurance (NHI), which the government is pushing as the solution to South Africa’s health crisis, could lead to the loss of up...
SAHPRA warns on cannabis-containing medicines
South Africa's medicines regulator has warned consumers that all medical products containing cannabis on the local market are illegal, as none have been registered...
CMS to report at last on low-cost medical scheme options
After years of delays, the Council for Medical Schemes is to publish a framework for low-cost medical scheme options next month, says a report...
Competition Tribunal rules against Mediclinic expansion in North West
Mediclinic’s bid to expand into the North West has been dealt a blow after the Competition Tribunal ruled against the private hospital group’s plans...
Unions criticise Netcare's 'premature' retrenchment plans
Hospital group Netcare plans to retrench over 500 employees as it seeks to cut costs following a failed offshore expansion and amid a tough...
Doctors' group wants a commission of inquiry into Medscheme
The Healthcare Practitioners’ Association said it was drafting a proposal to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and President Cyril Ramaphosa asking for a commission of inquiry...
Health Market Inquiry delay will impact on patients – Section27
Patients will pay the price of the latest delayin the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI), which has been suspended until the start of...
Sama 'concerns' over proposal for shortened internships
The South African Medical Association (Sama) has launched an investigation into a proposal by the national Health Department to shorten the internship period of...
Post-concussion problems end Springbok flyhalf's rugby career
Former Springbok flyhalf Pat Lambie has opened up on his decision to retire from professional rugby. Sport24 reports that his decision was due to...
Esidimeni investigation now to include 28 psychiatric care entities
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed an amended proclamation to broaden the terms of reference of the Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) probe into the Life...
Scramble to fund nursing and medical intern posts
Following reports last week that some provinces did not have the budget for nursing and medical intern posts to accommodate many who had undergone...
Possible shortening of doctors' internships to one year
Shortening doctors’ internships from two years to one is being mooted to alleviate the strain in the training of doctors. Health Department spokesperson Popo...
Mediclinic fights to expand in North West province
South Africa’s biggest private hospital group by value, Mediclinic International, has presented its final argument to the Competition Tribunal as it fights to expand...
ANC reiterates at manifesto launch its commitment to the NHI
The ANC has reiterated its commitment to accelerate the implementation of the long-delayed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill through the finalisation of legislation and...
Inquiry into SA's private healthcare sector cost R197m
The total cost of South Africa’s Competition Commission inquiry into the private healthcare sector amounted to R197m, The Times reports Economic Development Minister Ebrahim...
SA teens hide their pregnancies and pay with death
Almost half of maternal deaths in SA come from the 8%-10% of mothers who are teenagers, because these young people "generally delay coming to...
Netcare questions Discovery's role in health market inquiry
Private hospital group Netcare has raised questions about the independence of the Competition Commission’s health market inquiry, suggesting it may have been influenced by...
SA medical regulator warns of ‘disabling’ effect of 2 antibiotics
South Africa’s medicines regulator has warned patients of disabling and potentially permanent side effects associated with quinolone and fluroquinolone antibiotics, and urged people taking...
Government green light to fill 5,300 health sector posts
The government is set to hire more than 5,000 health workers, including doctors and nurses, to ease the crisis in public healthcare facilities across...
Pandor says degree fraud investigations are ‘iron-clad’
Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor, reacting to allegations of degree fraud at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Zululand writes...
Necsa signed Russian nuclear medicine deal ‘to avoid embarrassment’
The axed chair of the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) has admitted to signing a Russian nuclear medicine deal against the orders of...
Delays and disquiet over Ramaphosa’s quick-fix blueprint
The release of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s blueprint for fixing SA’s health system in the next two weeks has been delayed among growing disquiet that...
MSF survey shows scant counselling services for SA's child rape survivors
A survey of 135 health facilities designated to care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa found that nearly half do not offer...
Rush to put 'secret' NHI Bill before Cabinet after DG is sidelined
The fiercely contested National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill will be rushed before the cabinet next week, despite the fact that Health director-general Precious Matsoso...
SA's nuclear medicine producer opens after year-long closure
One of South Africa's few profitable state-owned enterprises (SOE), nuclear medicine producer NTP Radioisotopes, has been reopened after a year-long shutdown that nearly brought...
2 years after Esidimeni, SANC and HPCSA yet to act
Two years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy not a single professional body has taken steps against professionals involved in the project, a Beeld report...
Mentally ill inmates face Esidimeni scenario — Inspectorate judge
If no solution is found to properly house mentally ill people in prisons the country "may be staring at a possible Life Esidimeni incident,...
Health Dept and Treasury battle behind the scenes over NHI Bill
Presidential adviser Dr Olive Shisana and Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi appear to have side-lined senior Health Department and Treasury officials in preparing...
Questions over new murder charge against Dignity SA's Davison
Euthanasia-supporting Dignity SA executive member, Sean Davison, is facing a new charge of premeditated murder for the death of Justin Varian in 2015. According...
Most SA cannabis oil 'worse than used diesel’ — SAPHRA
Most cannabis oil sold on South Africa’s streets was worse than used diesel oil. A Daily News report says this is according to Griffiths...
Premium hikes of up to 10% in 2019, 15% for some if MSA Bill passes
Consumers will have to fork out up to 10% more for their medical aid schemes from January. Actuaries have warned, meanwhile, that if the...
State switches tack to entice private sector GPs
South Africa’s Health Department is seeking new ways to entice private-sector general practitioners to provide their services under the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme...