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Fourteen deaths in four days – listeriosis continues to kill
Fourteen deaths in four days. That’s what the National Institute of Communicable Diseases’ latest listeriosis outbreak report reveals.
A total of 81 people have died...
Hospital spend driving up private healthcare costs
Why is it that medical inflation rises above overall prices year after year‚ squeezing private consumers’ wallets?
The Competition Commission Health Market Inquiry into private...
SA driving diabetes epidemic in Africa
The weight of the increasing diabetes and obesity epidemic in South Africa threatens to crush the country's overloaded health system, experts warn.
Claire Keeton writes...
Over 5 500 medical negligence claims against health department since 2014
OVER 5‚500 medical negligence claims have been made against the health department since 2014‚ says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
And the number grows each year.
In...
SA among countries at risk as plague spreads through Madagascar
South Africa is among nine countries identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as priority areas to be prepared for the plague as the...