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Medical Aid

HSACF calls for 'whole of society' approach in fighting corruption

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Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Medtech

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Issued by Zebra Medical 23 Jan 2025

Parliament heard the Special Investigating Unit’s head advocate last week testify about medico-legal fraud. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Medical Law

SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions

Sandiso Phaliso 13 Sep 2024

Public Health

Health Department unveils plan to introduce new vaccines

16 Oct 2023

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Medical Law

Telemedicine: Modern marvel or indemnity headache?

Dr Elizabeth Meyer 8 Aug 2022

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

Ethics & Medicolegal

New cerebral palsy research may have profound impact on medicolegal cases

5 May 2021

The costly business of nursing negligence

Public Health

The costly business of nursing negligence

15 Oct 2019

South Africa has a skewed healthcare system with an under-funded public sector and an expensive private sector. Shutterstock

NHI

Why South Africa's plans for universal healthcare are pie in the sky

Alex van den Heever 19 Aug 2019

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

Medical Law

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

26 Jun 2019

Private healthcare loses more than R22bn a year to fraud, waste

Medical Aid

Private healthcare loses more than R22bn a year to fraud, waste

Roxy de Villiers 1 Mar 2019

SIU investigations yield arrests for medico-legal fraud

Criminal Law

SIU investigations yield arrests for medico-legal fraud

26 Feb 2019

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Healthcare

#BudgetSpeech2019: Will it lead to more doctors being sued for negligence?

Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 2019

#BudgetSpeech2019: How govt plans to curb medico-legal claims

Medical Law

#BudgetSpeech2019: How govt plans to curb medico-legal claims

21 Feb 2019

How will the State Liability Amendment Bill affect victims?

Medical Law

How will the State Liability Amendment Bill affect victims?

31 Oct 2018

R500m to recruit health professionals, buy beds and linen

Public Health

R500m to recruit health professionals, buy beds and linen

25 Oct 2018

Eastern Cape Health MEC, Helen August-Sauls

Public Health

EC Health's plan to deal with medical lawsuits

13 Jun 2018

East Cape seeks to fill 1800 posts at hospitals

Public Health

East Cape seeks to fill 1800 posts at hospitals

13 Feb 2018

PE doctor develops surgery course

Surgical Procedures

PE doctor develops surgery course

Estelle Ellis 21 Jul 2017

Dozens of gynaes could walk away this year

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dozens of gynaes could walk away this year

JOAN VAN DYK 12 Jul 2017