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NHI Bill continues to spark furious debate
The battle lines are drawn between the naysayers and supporters of National Health Insurance after the Bill was introduced to Parliament over a week...
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...
Ramaphosa says that revision of NHI is 'far advanced'
The government is at a “far advanced” stage in the revision of a detailed National Health Insurance (NHI) plan for implementation, President Cyril Ramaphosa...
Motsoaledi era: HIV/Aids success but public healthcare failures
The Motsoaledi years can broadly be judged on two fronts, the response to the HIV epidemic and the functioning of the public healthcare system...
SAHRC orders adequate housing for mental health patients
The South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ordered the Department of Human Settlements to finalise its special national housing programme for people with...
Zuma era corruption continues in provincial health
Many of SA's provincial departments of health are still overrun with people appointed with little purpose other than to nod through corrupt deals. Spotlight...
Gauteng Health gets lion's share of provincial budget
In the Gauteng provincial budget of R132.4bn, R50.7bn will go to Health. Of this, R346m will be used to employ interns, R310m will be...
Baby deaths triple at Gauteng hospital
With baby deaths tripling in a matter of months, Health-e News reports that staff at Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg have turned to the...
Former Gauteng Health MECs told by ANC to resign from party committee
The fallout from the Life Esidimeni and other scandals has finally caught up with former Gauteng Health MECs Qedani Mahlangu and Brian Hlongwa. They...
Gauteng budget for Cuba student doctor programme questioned
The R81.5m budget allocation for the Cuba-South Africa Student Doctor Programme has come under fire in the Gauteng legislature, with Democratic Alliance (DA) health spokesperson...