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Kena Health app makes affordable quality healthcare a

WEBKena Health is an app that connects users to a team of qualified healthcare practitioners for advice, diagnoses, prescriptions, sick notes, and even referrals to a …

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'NHI will only be freely available in four years'

WEBAccording to health minister Joe Phaahla, the signing paves the way for you to get healthcare services anywhere but the government is still in the first phase of …

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Sowetans worried about quality of healthcare

WEBSoweto residents have told a parliamentary committee on health that they are tired of poor public healthcare. Hundreds of residents who attended the hearings into …

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READER LETTER NHI will collapse the health sector

WEBPresident Cyril Ramaphosa, joined by minister of health Dr Joe Phaahla, signing into law the National Health Insurance Bill which directs the transformation of …

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Health-care workers honoured for their contribution in

WEBHealth minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has thanked nurses for their contribution in the fight against Covid-19 as SA on Friday marked exactly one year since the first case …

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'NHI a game-changer for poor, rural areas'

WEBRussell Rensburg, director of the Rural Health Advocacy Programme, said the bill would be a game-changer for rural areas. “At the moment there is no GPS in the …

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Financial relief for teachers, health workers

WEBDelivering his budget speech in parliament, Godongwana allocated R25.7bn and R11.6bn to the education and health sectors respectively, to accommodate the …

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Dr Nicholas Crisp named as acting health director-general

WEBDr Nicholas Crisp has been appointed acting director-general of the national health department. Crisp confirmed that he would be taking over “for a minimum of 10 …

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Young CEO aims to grow quality healthcare in leaps and bounds

WEBYoung CEO aims to grow quality healthcare in leaps and bounds. Bandile Mathandela, the 30-year-old new CEO of Aurum Innova which specialises in innovative …

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WATCH Barefooted Free State MEC dances for ambulances

WEBThis is how a dancing and singing Free State health MEC Mathabo Leeto celebrated the delivery of 23 ambulances – one for each of the 23 wards in the Xhariep …

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Patients in Gauteng state hospitals wait longer for scans due to

WEBThis was revealed by Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku who was responding to DA questions in the Gauteng legislature. According to Masuku, the worst …

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Light at the end of tunnel for cancer patients

WEBCancer patients only have to wait a little while longer for radiology treatment as the Gauteng department of health says the outsourcing of the radiation oncology …

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Gauteng to build six new hospitals

WEBGauteng will have six new hospitals in the next 10 years to meet its ever-growing demand for health services in the province. This was announced by premier …

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Reasons why HIV-positive patients default on ARVs during

WEBFear of contracting Covid-19, transport problems and economic reasons such as the increase in costs of travelling are some of the reasons that have kept many HIV …

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Psychiatrists call for government to invest more in

WEBThe South African Society of Psychiatrists (Sasop) has called for the government to invest more in mental healthcare at community level. Responding to …

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Negligence lies at the heart of traumatic state of

WEBVavi said the obsession with deficit stabilisation and fiscal discipline by treasury is set to cut the health budget by over R50bn in the next three financial years, …

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Sophie Ndaba talks about her depression, weight loss and

WEBVeteran actor Sophie Ndaba, renowned as Queen Moroka in Generations, is opening up about her mental health like never before after overcoming depression in …

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Malema’s concerns about the NHI bill

WEBEFF leader Julius Malema has shared his concerns about the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, saying most beneficiaries do not have access to …

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Hospitals disrupted by public sector workers’ national strike

WEBOperations in a number of hospitals throughout the country have been disrupted due to the strike by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union …

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Firm ordered to payback profits gained under unlawful PPE contract

WEBThe Special Tribunal has declared that the awarding of a R113m personal protective equipment (PPE) tender to LNG Scientific invalid and unlawful. The Centurion …

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