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Manoeuvering around SA Aids Council leadership vacuum
Within days, the SA National AIDS Council (SANAC) will have no CEO and there are fears that powerful individuals within the council intend to...
Delayed report may peg psychiatric patient death toll at 80
The probe by SA Health Ombudsman of the ill-fated transfer of more than 2,000 psychiatric patients from Life Esidimeni to several non-governmental organisations, puts the...
DA and DoH clash over request for medical scheme member data
Democratic Alliance spokesperson on health Wilmot James has described the request by the SA Department of Health for medical aids to pass on the names...
'Surplus', not lack of posts for interns – Motsoaledi
Contrary to perceptions, South Africa has a surplus of posts for medicine graduates, but some interns have opted not to take them up, Health...
Report into SA psychiatric patient deaths postponed
The release of the long-awaited SA Health Ombud's report expected to shed light into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 36 mentally ill patients...
Potentially massive savings from new HIV drug combo
A new HIV drug combination could save South Africa billions of rands – plus it would be easier and safer for patients to take....
Post-community service doctors struggle to find jobs
More than a hundred doctors across the country who have completed their community service at state facilities are unemployed and in dire need of...
Noakes claims UCT and Stellenbosch research is error ridden
Professor Tim Noakes, known for his controversial low-carbohydrate high-fat diet, has criticised researchers from Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town who have...