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Gauteng Health drags its heels on professional misconduct reports
Half of the doctors and nurses responsible for the Life Esidimeni tragedy still have not been reported to their professional associations, Bhekisisa reports.
The tragedy...
'Dead' accident victim would likely have survived – autopsy report
A damning report by a forensic pathologist has revealed that there was a “good possibility” that Msizi Mkhize could have survived the car accident...
BRICS vaccine centre to be based in SA
BRICS bloc countries have given South Africa the nod for a state-of-the-art vaccine centre to be established in the country, says an IoL report....
KZN hospital CEO's lucrative moonlighting
A hospital CEO in northern KwaZulu-Natal – who earns an annual salary of more than R1.5m – has been pocketing R47,000 a month in...
Rocky start for NHI tender programme
The first tenders for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHI) have been issued, but only three medical scheme administrators pitched for the compulsory information...
Portal debacle frustrates doctors applying for community service
The SA Health Department’s application portal for doctors hoping to apply for community service positions next year is such a mess that hundreds of...
SAHRC mulls full-scale Gauteng health system inquiry
The SA Human Rights Commission says is considering a full-scale inquiry into the health system in Gauteng, because of 'recurring challenges', reports The Times....
The 20 Life Esidimeni patients still missing are 'probably dead'
Gauteng Health still cannot locate 20 state mental health patients it removed from Life Esidimeni facilities almost three years ago and they are "probably...
Hospital will ponder doctor's 'white mentality' comments
Bela Bela Hospital management said it would reflect on allegedly racist comments made by a doctor to Democratic Alliance (DA) MP and spokesperson for...
SA could see more cases of swine flu this season
According to a Weekend Argus report, local health authorities are predicting that South Africa is not likely to have the virulent H3N3 flu virus that...
37,000 public health sector posts remain unfilled
South Africa has not filled over 37,000 posts in the public health sector, according to monitoring by the the Treatment Action Campaign.
A Free State...
NHI Bill could push more anaesthetists to leave SA
Data shows that almost a fifth of the country’s 2826 specialist anaesthesiologists are “vulnerable to move or leave South Africa” and, says the SA...
Durban's private hospitals top Discovery's patient survey
Durban has six and Cape Town three of SA's top 20 private hospitals, out of 140 rated in the annual Discovery Health patient survey.
The...
Women wanting abortions sleep on pavement at Addington
Women wanting abortions have resorted to sleeping overnight on the pavement outside Durban’s Addington Hospital because the unit treats only 10 women a day,...
Overwhelming satisfaction with SA public healthcare services
Statistics South Africa says that 81% of households using public healthcare services in 2017 were either "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the provisions they...
Law firm that advised Gauteng Health on Esidimeni earned R103m
Gauteng Health paid R174,000 to the law firm that gave legal advice to terminate the Life Esidimeni contract for mental health patients, a decision...
Criminal charges for protesters who trashed hospital
CCTV camera footage is being scrutinised by police to identify the perpetrators who caused damage estimated at R3m plus during violent protests at the...
SA med students complain that Russian education sub-standard
A group of 53 Mpumalanga medical students thought they would get top-class education in one of Russia’s universities but, says a City Press report,...
ASSAf wants 'reconceptualising' of health education
There is a need to regulate the health care profession to ensure equity, the Academy of Science of SA said in the report into...
DA demands commission of inquiry into state of public health
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to establish a judicial commission of inquiry into the state of public healthcare, after...
Under-fire Motsoaledi deploys 200 in nationwide intervention
Stung into action by mounting warnings of systemic collapse, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in the past week despatched 200 ministry officials to hospitals nationwide,...
HPCSA warns on locums following arrests of 'illegals'
Medical practitioners in private practice using locums when they are not available to practice are urged to ensure that the contracted locum are registered...
End of USAID funding puts MSM programme at risk
An innovative programme that forms a core part of the South African government’s health services tailored to the needs of men who have sex...
Discovery publishes data on claims trends
Escalating chronic disease, the high cost of ongoing medicines, and SA mirroring increasing cancer prevalence internationally, are all trends reflected in recent data from...
Motsoaledi expects resistance to new medicines IP policy
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says he expects resistance from pharmaceutical companies against the implementation of the government’s new intellectual property policy which was...
SA Military Health Service in not well, SANDF says
The SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) will have to put up with deterioration in facilities, obsolete equipment and a shortage of suitably qualified personnel...
SA'S public hospitals facing BCG vaccine shortages
Hospitals are facing a crisis due to the shortage of the vital Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, which protects new-born babies from severe types of...
SAHRC to monitor facilities before Ndlovu Care Group patients are transferred
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will be monitoring the readiness of public health facilities in Moutse before the Department of Health begins...
Motsoaledi's uniform tariffs will cause 'untold damage' to medical profession – SAPPF
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s plans for a uniform tariff for healthcare services may prompt doctors to quit the profession or seek jobs overseas, says...
Free State's entry-level Chinese equipment is breaking down
Brand new theatre beds are broken within months and sub-standard anaesthesia machines stand unused following the award of a multi-million rand medical equipment tender...
Esidimeni NGO where 37 died is struggling to pay for food
Still reeling from the devastating Life Esidimeni tragedy‚ patients at one of the homes at the heart of the crisis, where 37 people died,...
Paramedics threaten to withdraw night services after attacks
Attacks on paramedics could to lead to a health crisis, with the SA Emergency Personnel Union (Saepu) threatening to withdraw the services of its...
Union threatens nationwide shutdown over North West demands
The National Education‚ Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) has threatened to shut down the entire country if it does not get a favourable...
SA Infant mortality rate at its lowest in almost two decades
South Africa’s infant mortality rate is at its lowest in almost two decades, having fallen by 32% between 2002 and 2017. This improvement aligns...
A 3-month jail sentence on the cards for those smoking in public
South Africans may be jailed up for up to three months for smoking in public – and employers for up to a year if...
Cuba-SA doctor programme downsized, 'not suspended'
After 22 years and billions of rand spent, the national Department of Health has taken a decision to downsize its Cuba-South Africa doctor programme,...
More than 1 in 4 of SA's listeriosis cases end in death
The deadly South African listeriosis outbreak has a high 28.6% fatality rate, according to a report by the National Listeria Incident Management Team (IMT)....
Nehawu and EFF 'rampage' at Jo'burg hospital, claims DA
Gauteng Health has condemned the ongoing acts of vandalism and disruption of services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital during an unprotected strike.
News24 reports...
Cabinet places North West Health under administration after strike violence
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on the eve of the long weekend that Cabinet had invoked Section 100 of the Constitution to place the...
SAMA slams surprise parliamentary visit to Khayelitsha Hospital
Parliament's select committee on petitions and executive undertakings has come under fire from the SA Medical Association (SAMA) for conducting an unannounced visit to...