The Public Service Commission has completed its report after an unannounced inspection at Cecilia Makiwane and Frere Hospitals in East London. Following unannounced inspections at the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital’s Mental Health Unit and Frere Hospital’s Nerina House Nurses Home in August 2019, the Public Service Commission (PSC) released its report on Tuesday 3 December 2019,..
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THE HELL OF SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITALS -Horrific findings after surprise inspection at East London public hospitals:
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For those of you who can afford medical aid, here are the top 20 hospitals in SA
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Five new hospitals are among the top 20 hospitals in the country this year, according to the Discovery Health outreach. Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) has been on the list of 20 best hospitals for five years. Discovery Health first released the results of a survey in 2014, filling out members of the medical..
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Mom dies after Discovery Health ‘stops paying doctor for dialysis treatment’
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The family of a Northern KwaZulu-Natal woman who collapsed and died are seeking legal advice about pursuing a civil claim against a medical aid scheme for allegedly suspending payments for her dialysis treatment. The 53-year-old died earlier this month after missing four dialysis sessions. She had been on dialysis for two years. Discovery Health had..
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Future of SA private healthcare is looking ill
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SA’s private healthcare sector is under pressure to reform and adopt alternative billing models while the traditional fee-for-service model is coming under pressure, says Icon Group COO Dr Ernst Marais. The shrinking economy – with the country’s gross domestic product taking its biggest plunge since the 2008 global financial crisis, a 0.8% decline in household..
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A Doctor was robbed on hospital premises just days after colleague was nearly raped
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The Free State health department is considering deploying armed security guards at its hospitals after a female doctor was robbed at gunpoint at a Bloemfontein hospital this morning (2019-06-08), just days after another doctor was nearly raped on the premises. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old doctor bit off the tongue of her assailant in self-defense after..
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What does your doctor think when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’
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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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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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