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Despite Six Billion in COVID19 Fund ANC Does Not Test More, Yet Over 40% of People Can Have CoronaVirus Without Symptoms, but Government Only Tests Symptomatic Patients or those with Travel History?

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Corona Virus projection

As South Africa’s number of officially infected people creeps up very slowly (if we can trust the official figures), relative to other nations, with the number of new infections increasing only by 70 since Saturday to 1,655 with eleven deaths, it highlights that this number is only dependent on the amount of tests being done. Less tests, less patients. Scientists have also found that many people, close to 40% or more, who have contracted the coronavirus have no symptoms, so unless you test widely, you cannot know the true extent of the disease.
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National Health Insurance: Medical specialists and doctors threaten to flee overseas

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National Health Insurance: Medical specialists and doctors threaten to flee overseas The new National Health Insurance (NHI) that the ANC-regime wants to implement is facing fierce opposition from doctors and medical professionals in the Free State. These medics are currently threatening to go overseas, meanwhile, the Free State DA has also been involved in a fight with Montsent Tsiu, the MEC of Health in the province. The parties involved confirm that the NHI is going to become an unaffordable system that is doomed even before it is implemented. The doctors support the principle of health care for all but reckon that the NHI is not a feasible system. It is believed that if doctors are first harmed by being prohibited from opening private practices and patients are forced upon them whom they must pay attention within 24 hours, they will simply walk. According to reports from Network 24, Marietta Pittaway, DA MPW, accused Tsiu of sitting in the Free State Legislature for "prematurely" informing parliament that the Free State provincial government and the larger Free State community supported the NGO, while the process of public participation has barely begun. But Tsiu said she only sent letters of objection to the names of those who supported the NHI as a bill and those who opposed it. She acknowledged that she had informed parliament that the province's executive committee supports the proposed bill. Pittaway accused Tsiu of "undermining" and "disrupting" his public participation processes, which are yet to take place. Pittaway also said the DA had a complaint with National Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize tabled on this. Meanwhile, Dr Freek Bester, Bloemfontein specialist and former president of the Free State Bone of the South African Medical Association (Sama), said that Free State specialists and doctors had filed grievances and concerns in two bulky sets of documents at Sama and the South African Private Practitioners Forum. Bester says if the law becomes a reality, it's going to double Eskom's budget and could open the door to similar problems of mismanagement and corruption that currently exist with Eskom, Prasa and SAA. It could also mean that large sums of money, like what happens at other government entities, will be nationalized as healthcare. Bester says there are doctors who threaten to pack their bags if they are harmed and prescribed by the NHI. "This is because doctors do not want to be restrained and want to be prescribed and overthrown by a lot of state officials all the time." Bester also says the problem is that little detailed information is provided. "Doctors support the principle of healthcare for everyone, but reckon that the NHI will become an affordable system that is doomed even before it is implemented." Bester says the Free State doctors he spoke to do not think it will be "enforceable legislation". Pittaway believes Tsiu has undermined parliamentary processes by informing parliament about the Free State's sentiment on the bill, while Free State sessions are still barely started or finalized. According to Pittaway, Tsiu hampered the processes of public participation with her "irresponsible" and "politically motivated actions" by also handing out leaflets, which support the proposed legislation, at public meetings in the Free State. “The Free State Department of Health must play an independent role, but now everyone is in the blink of an eye. “It has blatantly undermined Parliament's role and its process of public participation, as prescribed by law. This is set out in the Lamosa decision in a court case on a similar case. " Tsiu's behaviour could bring legal challenges to the bill, Pittaway said. “The DA has an alternative Sizani Universal Health Plan, which can deliver quality health without crippling the economy. "The DA has submitted more than 87,000 submissions from doctors as well as the public to the relevant portfolio committee of Parliament and will ensure that everyone is looked at," Pittaway said.

The new National Health Insurance (NHI) that the ANC-regime wants to implement is facing fierce opposition from doctors and medical professionals in the Free State. These medics are currently threatening to go overseas, meanwhile, the Free State DA has also been involved in a fight with Montsent Tsiu, the MEC of Health in the province…
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Staatshospitale val uitmekaar weens verouderde infrastruktuur en verkeer in haglike toestande maar ANC-regime gaan eerder R30 miljard gee vir nuttelose NGV

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Staatshospitale val uitmekaar weens verouderde infrastruktuur maar ANC-regime gaan eerder R30 miljard gee vir nuttelose NGV

Die bedrag van R30 miljard wat geoormerk is om die nuttelose Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering (NGV) te loods, moet eerder meer effektief gebruik word. Die VF Plus is van mening dat hierdie geld eerder gebruik kan word om sekuriteit te verbeter, aandag te gee aan die herstel en aankoop van toerusting by hospitale en klinieke by die..
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State takeover of academic hospitals is not the answer – Central healthcare clinical and administrative capacity lacking and provinces would be affected adversely

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State takeover of academic hospitals is not the answer - Central healthcare clinical and administrative capacity lacking and provinces would be affected adversely

There have been mounting calls recently for central academic hospitals to be moved into the national governance sphere, allowing the national health department to administer and run these institutions. Even Gauteng premier David Makhura supported the idea in his state of the province address, indicating that Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Steve..
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SA hospitale word as “dood inrigtings” beskryf en beoogde Nasionale Gesondheidsprogram sal op ’n totale ramp afstuur – gratis mediese sorg vir hele bevolking nie haalbaar

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SA hospitale word as “dood inrigtings” beskryf en beoogde Nasionale Gesondheidsprogram sal op ’n totale ramp afstuur - gratis mediese sorg vir hele bevolking nie haalbaar

Die regering wil graag ʼn Nasionale Gesondheid-program daar stel sodat die hele bevolking van Suid Afrika, toegang tot gratis mediese sorg kan kry.  Die realiteit spreek egter boekdele. Na ‘n onsuksesvolle termyn as Minister van Gesondheid is Aaron Motsoaledi “herontplooi” na ʼn ander sektor van die kabinet. Onder sy heerskappy het 143 pasiënte gesterf in..
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At the end of white-minority rule SA’s Health System under management of ANC-regime is failing and in spotlight ahead of election

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At the end of white-minority rule SA’s Health System under management of ANC-regime is failing and in spotlight ahead of election

Voting this year will mark 25 years since the end of apartheid rule, but hopes have been dashed that the new era would produce a modern, accessible public health service. Six psychiatric patients are tied to their beds in two tiny, dimly lit cubicles in the emergency ward of South Africa’s biggest hospital, where the..
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Why is it so important to fix primary healthcare so crucial to making South Africa healthier

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By some measures – healthy life expectancy, obesity, and depression, among others – South Africa is the unhealthiest country on earth. That’s a sobering fact to consider. How has the country got here? To what extent can its unenviable position be regarded as a failure of primary healthcare? Primary healthcare can refer to the care..
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Here’s a view on what the 2019 budget means for healthcare consumers

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National Health Insurance (NHI) is critical to creating a quality functioning healthcare system for all South Africans and it is good to see that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget Speech covered areas such as increased funding for certain diseases and improved service delivery in the public sector. Healthcare in South Africa can only work if..
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Motsoaledi: We can’t wait to improve healthcare before implementing NHI

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Motsoaledi: We can't wait to improve healthcare before implementing NHI

Government does not believe it can wait until the healthcare system is improved before implementing national health insurance, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said. The minister was speaking at a briefing at Tuynhuys, Parliament, where the report of the outcomes of the presidential health summit, held late last year, was released. During his address on..
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Let’s have a look at why doctors and nurses are facing unemployment

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It’s the age of austerity and it’s bad news for doctors, nurses and patients alike — unless the state can do more with less.
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