A pregnant mother, who lost her baby, has described to Eyewitness News her traumatic experience of waiting three days before the fetus could be removed, apparently because of a high demand for cesarean operations at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg. Regina Ndahamana arrived with a referral letter at the hospital last Wednesday..
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PREGNANT MOTHER SPEAKS OF HOSPITAL ORDEAL TO REMOVE FETUS
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TB is still the top cause of mortality in South Africa
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Unemployed, a single mother of two small children, aged 6 and 10 years, and not feeling well – coughing for some time with chest pain – forced Ms P.M. to seek help at the nearest public clinic in Tshwane. Despite telling symptoms and another visit to the clinic with an additional tell-tale complaint – significant..
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Annual Medical Aid Scheme claims expenditure far outstrips inflation by double
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Annual medical scheme claims expenditure rose on average by 11.3% a year over the past decade, far faster than consumer price inflation, which increased on average by just 6.1%.
The Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) data came from its administrator, Discovery Health.
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Lyke hoop op na werknemers by staatslykhuise in Gauteng al weer staak
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Lyke is weer besig om op te hoop nadat Gauteng se personeel by staatslykshuise hul skalpels en ander instrumente neergesit het. Dit blyk dat personeel sonder enige formele kwalifikasies werk en dat hulle nou eis dat hul opgelei moet word om beter vergoeding te kry. Die vraag is nou hoe werk personeel sonder enige formele..
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How to clear your fridge of listeria – [VIDEO]
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Joan van Dyk tells you what to bin and how in under two minutes.
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South Africa’s thieving‚ fighting nurses in our government hospitals
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Most of the nurses who appeared before the SA Nursing Council last year were disciplined for theft. The other cases were for fights‚ assaulting patients and a medication error. The council dealt with 25 cases between March and November last year and nine of those involved theft‚ according to a government notice issued in the..
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Hospitaal van gruwels – Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal in Fort Beaufort, Oos-Kaap
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Psigiatriese pasiënte is weer op skokkende wyse deur die regering versaak skaars 18 maande nadat Rapport die volle omvang van die Life Esidimeni-ramp geopenbaar het waarin 144 pasiënte dood is. Die ingang na die Tower- psigiatriese hospitaal word streng bewaak en Rapport is toegang geweier. Die “haglike en onmenslike” manier waarop pasiënte in ’n..
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With the Ronald McDonald socks aside…How serious is Cyril about South Africans’ health?
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Hours after former President Jacob Zuma’s resignation, President Cyril Ramaphosa was pictured walking and jogging along the Sea Point promenade.
It wasn’t the first time he’d been spotted doing this.
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#Budget2018: Cuts to medical aid tax credits begin
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Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba didn’t cut state subsidies for private medical aid members outright but your pocket may still feel the pinch.
The National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme seems to be back on track. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced a 49% increase over three years for a conditional grant that goes to the
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Miljoene betaal vir private ambulans-dienste in Noordwes Provinsie
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Die Valke in Noordwes ondersoek kontrakte wat die provinsiale gesondheidsdepartement met private ambulansdienste aangegaan het, terwyl sowat 60 van die departement se eie ambulanse nie gebruik word nie. Die 61 splinternuwe ambulanse wat Noordwes se gesondheidsdepartement in November en Desember sowat R20 miljoen uit die sak gejaag het, is ná byna drie maande steeds nie..
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