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KZN Health oncology: 'It's not a Ferrari but it works…'
Appearing briefly before the Human Rights Commission, the KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC said that the problems that caused the present oncology crisis predated his time...
Human Rights Commission wants full investigation into Tembisa Hospital
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has found that while there has been a violation of human rights at the Tembisa Hospital,...
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...
UK spending billions to cope with 40,000 nursing staff shortage
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is spending almost £1.5bn a year on temporary nursing staff to cope with shortages, The Guardian reports research...
WHO moves rapidly on DRC Ebola outbreak but sceptics warn against complacency
Although the rapid World Health Organisation response to the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a far cry...
The Lancet spears UNAIDS' head with resignation call
The editor-in-chief of the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, has joined calls for UNAIDS executive director, Michel Sidibé to be suspended after his controversial...
EP Health agrees to stop dumping medical waste in municipal landfills
The Eastern Cape Health Department has agreed to stop dumping used medical gloves and cottonwool in Nelson Mandela Bay municipal landfills – following a...
Palliative care associated with shorter hospital stays and lower costs
Palliative care – which better aligns medical treatments with patients' goals and wishes, aggressively treats distressing symptoms, and improves care coordination – is associated...
Municipal workers' medical scheme place under administration
The South African Municipal Workers Union Medical Scheme (Samwumed) has been placed under provisional curatorship due to a factional battle. Business Day reports that...