I had a patient last year, a four-year-old boy, with a type of cancer, called neuroblastoma. After initial treatment, cancer came back, growing in the confined space between his spine and stomach, causing unbearable pain. His mother was a police officer; a strong, stoical woman who had seen a lot, but she was struggling. After..
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BREAKING NEWS:- Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need
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Shocking News:- New Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemotherapy, Not Cancer
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No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself. Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research UK performed a groundbreaking study examining..
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Robert Mangiloso Subukwe-hospitaal:- “Eers wanneer blindederm bars is dit noodgeval” – KH dokter
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Sandra Kok, ’n ouma van ’n 15-jarige seun wat ’n nood blindedermoperasie moes ondergaan, vertel van hulle ervaring by Robert Mangiloso Subukwe-hospitaal. Kok se kleinseun is Donderdagaand 17 Januarie in dié hospitaal opgeneem. “Ons het vermoed dit is sy blindederm,” sê Kok. “Ons het gesit en wag van 00:00 tot ongeveer 04:00 toe die dokter..
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This very popular birth control shot is out of stock for the second year running. Read why
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Women who have been forced to go without their usual birth control shot are now facing the consequences of months-long shortages. For many women in Rustenburg’s Bojanala Platinum District, Kgaladi Mphahlele is the first person they see after an abortion. And one of the things they speak about is how to avoid seeing each other..
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Dedicated cannabis expo at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town this April
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The Cannabis Expo, a trade and consumer exhibition dedicated to the cannabis industry, is set be held at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town from 4 to 7 April. Headlined by multinational healthcare group, Go Life International, the Cape Town event follows the official launch of The Cannabis Expo in Pretoria last year. According..
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Billions are lost due to Doctors, hospitals and medical aid members collude to commit fraud
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The Special Investigating Unit says it is actively targeting fraudsters in the private healthcare sector. Fraud, waste and abuse is costing the private healthcare system more than R22-billion, and if you submit false claims, you could face more than just being terminated from your scheme, the Council for Medical Schemes warned at its summit on..
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Our borders are being flooded so the question is, are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?
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Directives recently issued by the national and Gauteng health departments requiring foreign nationals to pay in full for healthcare at public facilities weren’t only a threat to public health, they may have been downright illegal. Walk into a public hospital, and you may be asked to fill out a form stating just how much you..
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Algemene Bestuurder van die Raad van Mediese skemas word geskors nadat dit aan die lig gekom het dat hy raad mislei het rondom besluite geneem ten gunste van seker organisasies
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Die Raad van Mediese Skemas het hul Algemene Bestuurder, Stehen Mmatli geskors. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy die Raad doelbewus mislei het rondom besluite wat geneem is ten gunste van sekere organisasies. Hy is glo finansieel vergoed vir die “gunste” wat hy aan die partye betoon het en dui op die korrupsie wat tans..
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Still shopping for a new medical aid? Here are 21 ways to cut your medical costs
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Money’s tight for everyone – whether you have a medical scheme, a hospital plan, or nothing. Here’s how to get the necessary treatment without breaking the bank.
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What a disgrace in our Hospitals, woman discharged from hospital, home in an ambulance (graphic photo’s)
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Mrs Kerns had been vomiting uncontrollably for three days by the time she eventually made her way to seek medical assistance.
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