When implemented, the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act will fundamentally change the way personal data is managed. Corporate South Africa, including medical aid schemes, insurance brokers, financial advisors, marketers and even brands need to start preparing now for its impact.
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The POPI Act:- What it means for medical aid schemes
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Vrystaatse provinsiale departement het nie geld vir afgestudeerde verpleegsters
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Verpleegsters wat verlede jaar hul graad- en diplomakursusse voltooi het, sit hande in die hare omdat die Vrystaatse provinsiale departement hulle nie aanstel nie.
Dié verpleegsters is verplig om ’n jaar lank gemeenskapsdiens te verrig voordat hulle ten volle kan kwalifiseer.
Mariette Pittaway, ’n DA-lid van die Vrystaatse wetgewer, sê sy het al in Februarie vanjaar ’n brief aan die LUR vir gesondheid, Butana Komphela, gerig oor die probleem.
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Port Elizabeth’s Ernest Malgas drug rehabilitation centre for kids facing major problems
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The Eastern Cape’s only state-owned drug rehabilitation centre for children – a R67-million facility opened with much fanfare in Port Elizabeth just two years ago – is falling into disrepair, with rehab services compromised.
The electric fence at the Ernest Malgas drug rehabilitation centre in Red Location is no longer working, resulting in some of the drug-addicted children escaping.
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The University of Cape Town research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa
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According to studies, one of the leading causes of death in Africa and many developing countries is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Resources in low-and-middle-income-countries are limited, therefore, it is imperative that interventions are guided by the cost-effectiveness of screening and early treatment opportunities.
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Peperduur Albert Nzula-hospitaal in Trompsburg nou ‘net ’n kliniek’
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‘n Peperduur hospitaal in Trompsburg in die Vrystaat, wat vier jaar nadat dit voltooi is eers oopgemaak het, word steeds nie ten volle gebruik nie en nog ’n hospitaal in dieselfde provinsie word net as kliniek gebruik.
Die Albert Nzula-hospitaal langs die N1-snelweg is in 2014 teen amper R400 miljoen voltooi, maar het eers verlede jaar sy deure vir pasiënte oopgemaak. Nou blyk dit sleutelposte is steeds nie gevul nie en operasieteaters, wat ten duurste toegerus is, staan in onbruik.
Gautengse gesondheidsdepartement laat pasiënte weer honger ly
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Sowat 130 nieregeringsorganisasies (NRO’s) is Donderdag weer in die steek gelaat deur die Gautengse gesondheidsdepartement. Die NRO’s, wat almal omsien na verstandelik gestremde private pasiënte in Gauteng, is belowe dat hulle op 10 Mei hul subsidies vir April sal kry. Donderdag is hulle egter by ’n streeksvergadering ingelig dat hulle nie hul geld gaan kry nie.
“Ons het ook geen antwoorde gekry oor wanneer ons dit gaan kry nie. Dis nou middel Mei en ons sukkel,” sê Marius Bosman, bestuurder van die San Michele-tehuis in Brakpan.
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The Rands and sense of why the National Health Insurance may lead to better health budgets
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About 200m from where I work in Rosebank, Johannesburg, there is a private clinic housing a general practitioner, a team of specialised surgeons, a rehabilitation centre, and state-of-the-art imaging and radiology technology.
If I needed medical attention, I could seek it quickly — so long as I was able to pay upfront.
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The NICD confirms mango fly maggot infestation in North West province
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The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed an outbreak of maggot (tumbu fly) infestation in people in the North West province and increased sporadic cases in Gauteng.
“Our laboratory has confirmed that the maggots are those of the tumbu fly (also known as the mango’ or ‘putsi’ fly).
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Hospital of horrors – More than 150 feral cats creep into patients’ beds at Vryheid Hospital
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Patients say the feral cats have been sleeping in the general wards, sometimes climbing onto patients’ beds, and even stealing food out of patients’ plates.
MORE than 150 cats have made their home at the Vryheid Hospital.
Patients say the feral cats have been sleeping in the general wards, sometimes climbing onto patients’ beds, and even stealing food out of patients’ plates.
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From your toilet to your tap and back again:- The future of water
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Water bursts from a brass spout with violent urgency. It foams through the tap angrily and on to a sprawling field. The stream fans out, forming veins that meet swampy arteries carved by footpaths in the grass.
After some time, a mother bearing a baby on her back approaches, swinging a plastic bucket. A bit later, three children holding empty Coke bottles wobble towards the tap across a wooden plank placed over the constantly churned earth.
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