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HPCSA backs down on board exams for overseas-qualified doctors
In the face of legal action, the Health Professions Council of SA has agreed not to limit the number of overseas-qualified doctors allowed to...
No SAHRC action against staff over woman forced to give birth at clinic gates
The SA Human Rights Commission says no action has been taken against Pretoria clinic officials who turned away a heavily pregnant woman who ended...
Police to escort paramedics in 6 'troublesome' Johannesburg areas
The City of Johannesburg said it would be intensifying its fight against attacks on its medics and the hijackings of their vehicles. According to...
Despite dire state of facilities, Gauteng Health fails to spend R504m
Gauteng Health failed to spend R504m set aside for equipment in the last financial year, while blowing its budget for hospitals and administration, a...
'Silver bullet' on its way to being reality Mkhize tells parliamentarians
According to the parliamentary portfolio committee on health, the National Health Insurance scheme is Dr Zweli Mkhize's "silver bullet" to ensure that rich and poor have equal...
Armed robbers hold up patient and staff at Life Westville Hospital
Four men, at least one of them armed, stormed the Life Westville Hospital holding up the security guards, staff member and a patient waiting...
More than 300 complaints to HPCSA about bogus practitioners
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) says it has had more 300 complaints so far this year regarding bogus doctors and is doing...
Law firms withdraw from defending Gauteng Health on negligence claims
Gauteng Health is in trouble after several service providers, mostly law firms, withdrew from defending lawsuits arising from alleged medical negligence. The department, which...
Punitive costs order against Denosa over 'meritless' urgent application
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) has been slapped with a cost order after trying to sue the office of the Gauteng...
Foreigner's health issues insufficient to halt deportation from the UK
In an landmark decision, the UK Appeal Court decision has ruled that the deportation of a Nigerian man with sickle cell disease would not...