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SIU awaits go-ahead to investigate HPCSA over 'cash for qualifications'
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is awaiting the president’s go-ahead to investigate allegations that Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) employees took bribes...
CMS 'irritated and disappointed' over Bill that strips it of its functions
South Africa’s medical schemes regulator has slammed the Treasury for not consulting it on the draft Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill, saying it will...
SA will send team to Washington to lobby PEPFAR funding cut
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the government will send a team to the US following an announcement that the US plans to cut...
Publicly identifying someone as living with HIV/Aids can still incur damages
Despite the de-stigmatising of HIV/Aids, publicly to identify a person as living with the conditional can still incur damages for "emotional and psychological distress",...
HPCSA finding placing PE heart surgeon under supervision is set aside
A finding by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) that a Port Elizabeth heart surgeon should be allowed to work only under supervision...
Health Dept must pay after botched circumcision leaves man 'stressed'
South Africa’s Health Department has to pay a Kosi Bay man more than R500,000 after a botched circumcision left him emotionally and psychologically stressed....
Women sue hospital over hidden cameras in gynae operating theatres
More than 80 women recently filed a lawsuit against Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego, California when they discovered they “were secretly recorded by...
'Common sense' judgment by SCA on settlement agreements
This month's judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeal that settlement agreements of a medico-legal damages claim would not fall within the ambit of the National...
Generalists who stretch the HPCSA definition of being a specialist
The law is clear on when you can call yourself a specialist. It's not about being highly experienced or working only in a specialises...
CMS takes Keyhealth to task for not paying out for PMBs
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) says it’s “concerning” that Keyhealth Medical Scheme denied a member prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) for an overactive thyroid...