In the small village of Musina in the Far Northern Transvaal, a revolutionary piece of scientific progress has been made that can save millions of people’s lives. This is especially true for young children who die in large numbers every year due to malaria that could not be determined in time. According to the two..
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Two SA doctors are making revolutionary advances in malaria research
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Failing health system in spotlight ahead of vote – psychiatric patients tied to bed in emergency ward of SA’s biggest hospital – is this the guaranteed basic treatment that ANC-regime promised South Africans when it came to power in 1994?
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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 country’s dire healthcare crisis is starkly evident. Some of the group are restrained using just medical bandages, while one screaming female patient is tied to a bed that is itself..
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New study at Stellenbosch University will look at synthetic blood products for the resuscitation of trauma victims
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A large, multi-institutional clinical trial conducted by emergency medicine experts from Stellenbosch University (SU), in partnership with United States Department of Defence, will evaluate the use of synthetic blood products for the resuscitation of trauma victims before arrival at hospital. The Division of Emergency Medicine at SU’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences will be..
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Suid-Afrikaners gewaarsku oor verhoogde malaria-risiko, veral in noordelike dele van die land
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Die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes (Nios) het Maandag gewaarsku dat Suid-Afrikaners bedag moet wees op ’n malaria-risiko, veral in die noordelike dele van die land wat nou die somerreënseisoen binnegaan. “Ongelukkig het ons nog nie die laaste van malaria in Suid-Afrika beleef nie wat volgens alle aanduidings ’n terugkeer maak,” sê dr. Peter Vincent..
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Ageing health infrastructure in South-Africa must receive urgent attention
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Deputy President David Mabuza has announced that government will prioritise the upgrading and maintenance of health infrastructure in an effort to deal with the challenge of ageing and dilapidated infrastructure in public health facilities. Mabuza made the remark while highlighting the outcomes of the two-day Presidential Health Summit held in Boksburg. During the summit, Mabuza..
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Mental health to be ‘outsourced’ in Eastern Cape
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The Eastern Cape department of health has published its R120-million tender to outsource chronic mental healthcare in the province – and has put emphasis on the reintegration of mental health patients in their communities. Apart from chronic care‚ service providers have also been asked to tender for community-based initiatives to achieve this. Seven-hundred adult and..
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Topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse die meeste geld bestee
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’n Nuwe siekte het in 2017 kop uitgesteek onder die topvyf chroniese siektes waaraan mediese fondse wat Mediscor se dienste gebruik, die meeste geld bestee. Die gebruik van generiese medisyne pleks van die oorspronklike is nou 59,9%. Bipolêre gemoedsversteuring het asma onder die topvyf vervang. Volgens Mediscor, die bestuurder van farmaseutiese voordele, se jaarlikse verslag..
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These are the cheapest and most expensive medical aids in South Africa
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The latest GTC (formerly Grant Thornton Capital) Medical Aid Survey for 2018 has been released, which compares local medical aid schemes on cost to members across various levels of cover. South Africa’s medical aid industry is facing an uncertain time ahead with government recently pushing through two new healthcare bills that are set to shake..
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Nuwe gesondheidsorg in die vooruitsig
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Die afskaffing van bybetalings op mediese dienste is een van die aanbevelings van die voorgestelde wet op mediese dienste. Volgens Aaron Motsoaelidi, minister van gesondheid, kan slegs 10% van die bevolking private gesondheidsorg bekostig en moet dit onmiddelik reggestel word. Tussengangers gaan ook afgeskaf word om te verseker dat lede direk gelde aan die mediese..
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Government intends to to improve maternal and infant survival with new project
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FPD was granted funding by MSD Global to implement a project to improve maternal and infant survival by improving the quality of emergency care for pregnant mothers and/or new born babies during ambulance transit between health facilities.
The project purpose is to improve maternal and infant survival by improving the quality of emergency care to pregnant mothers and/or new born babies during ambulance transit between health facilities through a combination of expert technical advice, material development, and training designed to develop the competency of advanced, intermediate and basic life support workers employed by government obstetric EMS.
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