Discovery Health CEO explains why South Africans are paying higher medical aid premiums than ever before. Access to quality healthcare at an affordable price is a critical priority for every family, and in society at large. South Africans lucky enough to afford private healthcare have rapid and convenient access to some of the best quality..
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What’s driving up our healthcare costs?
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Cancer treatment waiting times in KZN increase by almost 30% as services stall
Medical aid waiting periods and late-joiner penalties: What. How. Why?
Patient who was missing for nearly 2 weeks found dead in hospital ceiling
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The body of a 61-year-old man has been found in the ceiling of a hospital in Stellenbosch – two weeks after he underwent surgery at the facility, the Western Cape health department has confirmed. According to provincial health department spokesperson Mark van der Heever, the man was admitted to Stellenbosch Hospital, Cape Town on October..
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Vermiste pasiënt se lyk ná 2 weke in hospitaal-dak gekry
Staatshospitale in SA bloei weens tekort aan medici
SA gewaarsku oor dodelike longpes
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Die dodelike longpes wat in Madagaskar uitgebreek het, eis al hoe meer slagoffers met die dodetal wat nou al gestyg het tot 48 – en die Suid-Afrikaanse owerhede is gewaarsku om hier gereed te wees vir enige uitbreking. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie (WGO) sê 449 gevalle van longpes is reeds in Madagaskar bevestig. Die WGO waarsku daar..
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Loved ones in Wester Cape can’t be buried due to morgue backlogs
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Cape Town – A spike in gang violence and gun crimes are the main reasons why there is a pile up of corpses at state mortuaries. Staff shortages, delays with criminal investigations, and pathologists who have to testify in court are adding to the dire situation. Speaking on the sidelines of her department’s annual report..
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Security guards denied woman entry at Steve Biko Academic Hospital to see dying mom
GAUTENG HEALTH OFFICIAL ADMITS BEING NEGLIGENT OVER ESIDIMENI TRAGEDY
Mediese selfbetalings styg met skokkende 13,4%
Government clampdown on private ambulances looms
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Durban – Stringent regulations would soon be in place to control the private ambulance services industry, and recommendations have already been accepted by the National Health Council. Some of the recommendations include: – all private emergency rescue vehicles to be painted in one colour; – one contact number for all private ambulance services; – the..
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How your medical bills may change under the National Health Insurance
Kundiges in gesondheidsbedryf krap kop oor toename in hospitalisasie
Hope you do not need an operation at Soweto’s World Famous Baragwanath Hospital
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Machinery breakdowns and staff shortages are cited as reasons for a dramatic increase in the backlog for patients requiring surgery at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital‚ which is up to five years for a hip op. Gauteng Health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa has disclosed that 11‚736 patients are waiting for operations at the top state hospital…
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