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Employees, lawyers in medical negligence scam – Free State MEC
Free State Health claims to have uncovered a "scam" involving employees and lawyers sifting through patient files to identify possible medical negligence claims, reports Netwerk24.
Dr David...
Blood test successfully predicts premature birth
A blood test for pregnant women detects with 75%-80% accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth, found a pilot study. The technique...
The hurdles and frustrations faced by women in medicine
Hospital employees and patients sometimes still need ‘gentle clarification’ that their female physician is not the hospital social worker or some other junior functionary,...
Nehawu mobilising over Limpopo's failure to pay bonuses
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) says it is mobilising for mass action in Limpopo because the provincial Health Department has...
Syringe programmes an important tool in preventing HIV outbreaks
A study by researchers investigating the 2015 HIV outbreak in Scott County, Indiana, found that a syringe services programme is an important tool to...
Spoonful of honey helps a button battery go down
A team of ear, nose, and throat specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a button battery has the potential to reduce serious...
Religious affiliation linked to increased longevity
A US study of obituaries has found that people with religious affiliations lived nearly four years longer than those with no ties to religion....
Motsoaledi says resignation calls are 'orchestrated' by medical schemes
A group of 99 doctors and academics has sharply criticised public health management and 'unresearched' plans for the introduction of National Health Insurance,reports The...
Esidimeni claimants receiving their money
Section27 says not all the claimants of the Life Esidimeni arbitration have received their money, but it has no reason to be apprehensive that...
SA’s first healthcare-focused property company launched
Growthpoint Properties has launched the country’s first healthcare-focused property company as it looks to expand into a specialised real estate sector that offers significant...