It stands to reason that the weather can affect the sales of certain products – for example, more rainfall generally means that consumers purchase less sunscreen. But the phenomenon can go much further. In the UK market, warm summer weather led to a sales increase of 23% for frozen sweets and 10% for chilled drinks…
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‘Weather-sensitive’ products: adjusting price and promotions to increase sales
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Gross negligence after patient’s body found hanging after three days
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Medical staff at Durban’s Addington Hospital have been accused of gross negligence after the body of a patient, who allegedly committed suicide in a ward’s bathroom, was apparently found three days later. The 25-year-old patient, whose identity is yet to be established, was found hanging in the toilet of surgical ward 3B on Monday. It..
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Durban government hospitals are a shambles
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Four Durban public hospitals -Prince Mshiyeni Memorial, Mahatma Gandhi, Addington and King Edward VIII – are ailing, with some critical management positions occupied by people with no relevant qualifications. This was revealed in a damning report by a Ministerial Task Team which was set up by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi to investigate these facilities..
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KPMG-skandaal raak ondersoek na duur medies
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Private hospitaalgroepe maak beswaar daarteen dat KPMG die Mededingingskommissie met sy navorsing gehelp het. ’n Kompromis is nou bereik wat die hospitale toegang tot die navorsing gee. Die KPMG-skandaal pootjie nou ook die markondersoek na die private gesondheidsorg. Die voorlopige bevindinge van die ondersoek moes die afgelope week bekend gemaak word nadat dit verskeie kere..
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Suid Afrika word geraak deur medisyne krisis na vervaardiging aanleg sluit
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Talle kankerpasiënte loop die risiko dat hul allerbelangrike bestralingsbehandeling halfpad gestaak sal moet word omdat die aanleg wat kankermedisyne by Pelindaba vervaardig weens veiligheidsprobleme gesluit is. Onkoloë en bestralingskundiges sit nou met die hand in die hare omdat die behandeling van pasiënte wat ernstig siek is onbepaald uitgestel moet word of nie sal kan voortgaan..
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Union tells government to ‘fix the mess’ at KZN’s health department or else …
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Pietermaritzburg – The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has warned of an all-out strike if the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government does not “step up in fixing the mess” at the provincial health department. The warning was issued by Nehawu provincial secretary Phakama Ndunakazi on Thursday at the conclusion of a march in Pietermaritzburg…
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Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement staar R1,5 miljard se regseise in gesig
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Die Vrystaatse gesondheidsdepartement word deur R1,5 miljard se regseise in die gesig gestaar en het R300 miljoen se rekeninge aan krediteure wat betaal moet word. Dit blyk uit die departement se tweede kwartaalverslag wat in die Vrystaatse wetgewer se openbare rekeninge-komitee bespreek is. Butana Komphela, Vrystaatse LUR vir gesondheid, het voor die komitee gesê sy..
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So kies jy die regte mediese plan vir jou
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Hospitaalplanne, omvattende dekking, netwerkopsies . . . Besluit watter opsie vir jou die beste is. As jy lid is van ’n mediese fonds, het jy tot 15 Desember kans om jou voordeleopsie vir 2018 te verander. Oorweeg jou gesin se omstandighede: Hoeveel is julle; hoe is jul gesondheid; wat kan jy bekostig? Besluit dan watter..
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MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Doctors for 2017
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MediFin Financial Services, a pioneer in the medical finance industry, has awarded their Most Loyal Partners. The awards recognise business partners that display great customer service, strategic alliance, and top affiliate behaviour. “We believe in building strong relationships and have always tried to find ways in which we could recognise and honour our referral partners…
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Vital clinic in Eastern Cape has only 1 doctor twice a month
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Close to eight villages in Nxarhuni outside Mdantsane in East London depend on Newlands Clinic. But the clinic has only one doctor who comes in twice a month, according to a GroundUp report. A clinic committee member who did not want to be named said: “The doctor comes on the first Monday of the month,..
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