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US CDC’s local chief gets bail because of SA’s bad prison hygiene

US Centres for Disease Control boss Dr Alfred Bere has been granted R100,000 bail after saying he would “most likely” contract diseases in South Africa’s unhygienic prisons if not released. The Times reports that Bere – in charge of...

Battle to control R1.2bn municipal medical aid back in court

The battle to control the beleagured South African Municipal Workers Medical Scheme, with more than R1.2bn in its coffers and more than 80,000 members, is playing out in the Western Cape High Court. According to a Weekend Argus report, two parties...

Gauteng specialist gets suspended jail sentence for culpable homicide

A specialist physician has been sentenced to six years imprisonment – suspended for five years – for culpable homicide after he bungled a procedure on a patient. According to a Beeld report, Dr Whitney Mentor (42) who works from MediClinic...

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