Health

Medics protest as KZN health care system collapses

“Management in the Department of Health is incompetent, especially at the hospital level”

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News | 16 May 2017

Port St Johns murder: call for better psychiatric assessment of prisoners

Former prisoner admits to killing four-year-old nephew

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Brief | 11 May 2017

Prisoner fights in court for fellow inmate with brain cancer

Court orders Mike Phahlamohlaka must be considered for medical parole

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News | 9 May 2017

Five hour wait for ambulance

Eastern Cape Department of Health says awaiting delivery of over 100 emergency vehicles

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News | 25 April 2017

Mining company to begin mediation talks with Northern Cape community

Conditions in Dingleton are intolerable says attorney

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Brief | 24 April 2017

Fewer babies born with HIV in South Africa

Programme changes over last 15 years have yielded excellent results

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News | 10 April 2017

Eastern Cape hospital battles water crisis

Pumps fixed in 2011 break down again

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News | 5 April 2017

Wheelbarrow in place of a mobile clinic

After the mobile clinic broke down, some of the elderly in Tsaba Village have to be taken by wheelbarrow to the nearest clinic

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Brief | 30 March 2017

Free Zimbabwean contraceptives smuggled for sale in South Africa

A black market has emerged in contraceptive pills

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News | 19 March 2017

South Africa refuses to support initiative to restrict deadly asbestos trade

A proposal by a dozen African states would list chrysotile asbestos under global treaty on hazardous substances

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Opinion | 14 March 2017

Drug offers new option for patients with TB and Aids

Clinical trial shows positive effects of steroid for patients on ARVs

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News | 2 March 2017

South African study offers hope against drug-resistant TB

New simpler, shorter regimen has high cure rate

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News | 20 February 2017

Betrayal of the mind: living with bipolar disorder

For many people, care is out of reach

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News | 17 February 2017

Life Esidimeni scandal raises questions about public-private partnerships

These partnerships will be critical if National Health Insurance is implemented

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News | 10 February 2017

Mining company fights Northern Cape community over asbestos

Kumba Iron Ore takes Dingleton residents to court

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 9 February 2017

TAC calls for Roche to drop price of cancer drug

Activists say that with generic competition trastuzumab could be R3,500 per course instead of the current price of over R200,000

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News | 7 February 2017