Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department is battling two deadly diseases that killed 15 infants in hospitals.
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Deadly diseases are in Gauteng hospitals and it is out of control
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New drug approved:- Cipla’s new triple-combination antiretroviral drug approved
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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved Cipla’s latest first-line triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV.
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Topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse die meeste geld bestee
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’n Nuwe siekte het in 2017 kop uitgesteek onder die topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse wat Mediscor se dienste gebruik, die meeste geld bestee. Die gebruik van generiese medisyne pleks van die oorspronklike is nou 59,9%. Bipolêre gemoedsversteuring het asma onder die topvyf vervang. Volgens Mediscor, die bestuurder van farmaseutiese voordele, se jaarlikse verslag..
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Government Employees Medical Scheme admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions on office space for rats and roaches to enjoy
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The Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has admitted to blowing hundreds of thousands of its members’ contributions to pay for an empty building for a year. Gems has been forking out more than R60,000 a month to Mowana Properties for its North West regional office on the Borekelong House ground floor in Mahikeng since September..
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“Fake Food is Fake News” – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi
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Eight months after it began, South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak – the largest the world had ever seen – is officially over. But the nation’s alleged spate of “fake food”? Well, that may have been more hype than fact, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed at a Pretoria press conference on Monday.
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The Private healthcare industry needs to change
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The “startling costs” of South African private healthcare is at the heart of the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI) draft report released in July. While cost is a key theme, the report also describes a sector lacking the vital force of authentic, robust competition.
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Medical Aid Fraud:- Audiologist convicted of 259 counts
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Earlier this month, Wandile Theophilus Mashego, an audiologist and speech therapist practising in Pretoria, was found guilty of 259 counts of medical aid fraud and one count for contravening Section 66 of the Medical Schemes Act.
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Market concentration is plaguing South Africa’s private healthcare market
Let’s have a look at 5 things you shouldn’t do to heal a wound
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From applying wine and beer to a scratch to using ants to bite and seal a cut – humans have tried almost anything to accelerate the healing of wounds over the centuries.
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‘Beste’ mediese skema wen met eenvoud, waarde
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Medihelp is nou die mediese skema waarmee lede die meeste tevrede is. Lede van mediese skemas is egter in die geheel beskou effens minder tevrede met hul produk as ’n jaar gelede. Die tevredenheid van lede van Discovery Health Medical Scheme en van Bonitas het albei gedaal. Dis onder die bevindings van die South African..
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