Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing. I’m afraid I have some bad news. The above sentence probably wasn’t pleasant to read. Maybe it gave you a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach or made your blood pressure spike. But..
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What does your doctor think when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’
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Discovery says:- ‘Without waiting periods, medical aids couldn’t survive,’
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Would you join a medical aid if you were perfectly healthy? Most won’t. That’s why we need waiting periods, says Discovery CEO Jonathan Broomberg. Discovery Health Medical Scheme and all other open medical schemes apply to wait periods if a member has had a break in membership of more than 90 days before joining/re-joining a..
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The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) welcomes Special Investigative Unit’s (SIU) investigation
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The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has welcomed the proclamation by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the Special Investigative Unit’s (SIU) investigation into alleged unlawful or improper conduct by employees of the HPCSA. This follows a report by the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) appointed by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in 2015, to investigate allegations..
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Study Confirms That Gin & Tonic Can Prevent Wintertime Colds, it’s seems-like if you are ‘tipsy’ that you will forget about the flu you have
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I guess it’s official, summer is gone and the cold weather is about ready to arrive. In fact, in some parts of the world, the cold weather is already a reality and with it come all of the symptoms of the common cold, including a runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and drowsiness. It is not..
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Durban hospital:- Man’s decomposed body found in ceiling
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The decomposed body of a man was discovered in the ceiling of a hospital in Durban on Friday. The gruesome discovery was made by members of Search and Rescue, the Durban K9 unit and police officials who were called out to the trauma unit of the Mahatma Gandhi hospital in Phoenix, south of Durban. Police..
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Enough of Staats Hospitals / Clinics’ pathetic service
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I am posting this out of pure frustration and desperation! We all know that It is an open secret that SA government health services, especially hospitals, are, to say the least in a poor state!! We know that we are pretty much doomed without expensive medical aid, but this just takes the cake. Who to..
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WARNING: Elderly man recovering at home after alleged hospital assault (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
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An 87-year-old man’s family has taken to social media after he was allegedly injured and bruised by staff at the Tshwane District hospital. “He is doing okay. He is in pain, and a bit confused and tired after the whole ordeal,” said Johnny Coetzee’s grandson, Gerhard Höll. “This is the second attack on my grandfather..
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Enorme tekort aan verpleegpersoneel in SA – impak daarvan op goeie gesondheidsorg vir miljoene Suid-Afrikaners is byna ondenkbaar
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Die Solidariteit Beroepsgilde vir Gesondheidspraktisyns het vandag tydens ʼn konferensie gesê dat indien daar nie dringend ingegryp word en oplossings gevind word vir die enorme tekort aan verpleegpersoneel nie, staar ons ʼn moontlike nasionale gesondheidskrises in die oё. “Een van die grootste uitdagings in die verpleegbedryf in Suid-Afrika is die tekort aan verpleegpersoneel. Daar is..
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SHOCKING NEWS:- Drug dealers are making as much as R4,000 a day from South Africa’s growing heroin epidemic, and most might OD (overdose) and die
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South Africa is facing a growing drug epidemic, new research finds, with heroin quietly taking over both major cities and small towns in the country. This is according to a new policy brief by the Enact Project, based on research and on-the-ground interviews with drug users and drug dealers across the country. “The heroin route..
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Current medical aid models for end-of-life care will pay for costly in-hospital care but won’t pay for home-based care
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But an all women fintech startup is offering affordable and compassionate healthcare alternatives to SA’s medical schemes. Alignd is the brainchild of Dr Linda Holding, a palliative-trained doctor with 20 years of clinical risk management experience; Victoria Barr, a healthcare economist, and senior director at FTI Consulting; and Shivani Ranchod, a healthcare actuary and academic…
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