Hundreds more cases of baby deaths, stillbirths and brain damage raising “very serious” concerns have been uncovered in a scandal that now threatens to be one of...South Africa
Health professionals fearing intimidation by some medical aid schemes have been granted permission to give evidence in camera at the inquiry set up to investigate the...
February 13th, 2019A Health Professions Council of SA inquiry into Professor Anunathan Reddi, a Durban surgeon who allegedly said Indians had a "coolie" mentality and also told a colleague...
The total cost of South Africa’s Competition Commission inquiry into the private healthcare sector amounted to R197m, The Times reports Economic Development Minister...Weekly Roundup
The North West Health Department has extended the suspension of its head of department Dr Andrew Thabo Lekalakala. News24 reports that provincial health spokesperson...International
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that over the past 40 years has left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister has confirmed. BBC...
November 9th, 2016Has there ever been a more tangled web woven than the Health Professions Council of SA’s (HPCSA) inquiry into Professor Tim Noakes? asks Mike Wills in a Cape Argus...
Professor Tim Noakes is flying in an international team of expert witnesses to defend him at the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) inquiry into his...South Africa
The World Health Organisation’s controversial report on SA private hospital prices will be the focus of a special session of the Competition Commission’s health-care...
July 20th, 2016A Cape Town doctor charged with abusing and allegedly stealing the life savings of an elderly woman patient, has appeared before a Health Professions Council of South...
