The Council on Medical Schemes says the ANC government’s plan to start a National Health Insurance (NHI) is well underway, and the plan has already been advanced to implement phase 3 of the program next year. Continue reading…
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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.
Tests done on humans on one of the infected cruise ships brought to light the astonishing phenomenon, after a large number tested positive, even though the patients had no symptoms and were even unaware that infection had occurred. Continue reading…
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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.
Tests done on humans on one of the infected cruise ships brought to light the astonishing phenomenon, after a large number tested positive, even though the patients had no symptoms and were even unaware that infection had occurred. Continue reading…
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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… Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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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.. Continue reading…
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