The first robot-assisted surgeries to treat prostate cancer in the Eastern Cape were performed by Netcare Greenacres urologists Dr Hannes Brummer and Dr Johan Coetzee this week following the installation of the Da Vinci Si robotic surgical system at the hospital. Similar robotic systems have been installed at Netcare hospitals in Cape Town, Johannesburg and..
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Robot-aided surgery now available in Eastern Cape Province
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Kind in Wes-Kaap dood aan witseerkeel
Could you have hepatitis and not know it?
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According to the World Health Organisation, Africa has one of the highest hepatitis infection rates in the world. Sadly, many people are unaware they have it. Hepatitis affects 60 million people in Africa. Worldwide, an estimated 325 million people are living with chronic hepatitis-B virus (HBV) or hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infections. What makes this particularly concerning..
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Attack on doctors at public hospitals in South Africa sparks security concerns
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National laboratory workers strike after negotiations stall, provinces fail to pay
Syndicates and devious health professionals may target National Health Insurance
NHI financing model questioned by FMF
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The latest iteration of the National Health Insurance (NHI) policy paper is no closer to defining how much the scheme will cost and where the money will come from to pay for it. Meanwhile, SA risks running out of tax payers to finance its social security commitments, said Dr Johann Serfontein, senior healthcare consultant with..
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According to patients SA’s top hospitals are in the Western Cape
Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement stort in duie na top spesialiste bedank
Diensjaar: Verpleegster wen hofsaak na regstryd met Gautengse gesondheidsowerheid
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“Dit voel of ’n berg van my skouers af is.” So het ’n verligte en glimlaggende Dané Hertz (22) Dinsdagmiddag gesê ná haar regstryd met die Gautengse gesondheidsowerheid omdat sy nie uitplasing vir haar verpligte gemeenskapsdiensjaar as verpleegster kon kry nie. Hertz moet luidens ’n bevel van die hooggeregshof in Pretoria binne 30 dae deur..
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