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Pelonomi Hospital – 7 newborn babies die in 8 days in neonatal unit

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Pelonomi Hospital - 7 newborn babies die in 8 days in neonatal unit

Seven babies died in the neonatal unit of Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein within eight days. Mondli Mvambi, the spokesperson for the Free State Department of Health, confirmed the death of these newborn babies between December 2 and 10. Mvambi says the sudden rise in mortality in the neonatal unit is been investigated. “We found the..
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National Health Insurance: Medical specialists and doctors threaten to flee overseas

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National Health Insurance: Medical specialists and doctors threaten to flee overseas The new National Health Insurance (NHI) that the ANC-regime wants to implement is facing fierce opposition from doctors and medical professionals in the Free State. These medics are currently threatening to go overseas, meanwhile, the Free State DA has also been involved in a fight with Montsent Tsiu, the MEC of Health in the province. The parties involved confirm that the NHI is going to become an unaffordable system that is doomed even before it is implemented. The doctors support the principle of health care for all but reckon that the NHI is not a feasible system. It is believed that if doctors are first harmed by being prohibited from opening private practices and patients are forced upon them whom they must pay attention within 24 hours, they will simply walk. According to reports from Network 24, Marietta Pittaway, DA MPW, accused Tsiu of sitting in the Free State Legislature for "prematurely" informing parliament that the Free State provincial government and the larger Free State community supported the NGO, while the process of public participation has barely begun. But Tsiu said she only sent letters of objection to the names of those who supported the NHI as a bill and those who opposed it. She acknowledged that she had informed parliament that the province's executive committee supports the proposed bill. Pittaway accused Tsiu of "undermining" and "disrupting" his public participation processes, which are yet to take place. Pittaway also said the DA had a complaint with National Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize tabled on this. Meanwhile, Dr Freek Bester, Bloemfontein specialist and former president of the Free State Bone of the South African Medical Association (Sama), said that Free State specialists and doctors had filed grievances and concerns in two bulky sets of documents at Sama and the South African Private Practitioners Forum. Bester says if the law becomes a reality, it's going to double Eskom's budget and could open the door to similar problems of mismanagement and corruption that currently exist with Eskom, Prasa and SAA. It could also mean that large sums of money, like what happens at other government entities, will be nationalized as healthcare. Bester says there are doctors who threaten to pack their bags if they are harmed and prescribed by the NHI. "This is because doctors do not want to be restrained and want to be prescribed and overthrown by a lot of state officials all the time." Bester also says the problem is that little detailed information is provided. "Doctors support the principle of healthcare for everyone, but reckon that the NHI will become an affordable system that is doomed even before it is implemented." Bester says the Free State doctors he spoke to do not think it will be "enforceable legislation". Pittaway believes Tsiu has undermined parliamentary processes by informing parliament about the Free State's sentiment on the bill, while Free State sessions are still barely started or finalized. According to Pittaway, Tsiu hampered the processes of public participation with her "irresponsible" and "politically motivated actions" by also handing out leaflets, which support the proposed legislation, at public meetings in the Free State. “The Free State Department of Health must play an independent role, but now everyone is in the blink of an eye. “It has blatantly undermined Parliament's role and its process of public participation, as prescribed by law. This is set out in the Lamosa decision in a court case on a similar case. " Tsiu's behaviour could bring legal challenges to the bill, Pittaway said. “The DA has an alternative Sizani Universal Health Plan, which can deliver quality health without crippling the economy. "The DA has submitted more than 87,000 submissions from doctors as well as the public to the relevant portfolio committee of Parliament and will ensure that everyone is looked at," Pittaway said.

The new National Health Insurance (NHI) that the ANC-regime wants to implement is facing fierce opposition from doctors and medical professionals in the Free State. These medics are currently threatening to go overseas, meanwhile, the Free State DA has also been involved in a fight with Montsent Tsiu, the MEC of Health in the province…
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Thousands of operations canceled in Gauteng hospitals due to defective infrastructure or lack of basic medical supplies

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Thousands of operations canceled in Gauteng hospitals due to defective infrastructure or lack of basic medical supplies

Gauteng Department of Health reported nearly 2,036 canceled operations in Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in 2018. A total of 1,979 surgeries were postponed at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital last year. According to Gauteng Health MEC spokesperson Kwara Kekana, operations are canceled or delayed due to various reasons such as an overcrowded high-care unit, patient problems, inadequate..
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Implementering van NGV gaan rampspoedige gevolge inhou vir SA ekonomie en selfs oorsaak wees vir gradering tot rommelstatus

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Implementering van NGV gaan rampspoedige gevolge inhou vir SA ekonomie en selfs oorsaak wees vir gradering tot rommelstatus

AfriForum het vandag in ’n brief aan president Cyril Ramaphosa, minister van finansies Tito Mboweni en minister van gesondheid Zweli Mkhize gestuur waarin die burgerregteorganisasie waarsku dat die inwerkingstelling van nasionale gesondheidsversekering (NGV) uiteindelik tot die afgradering van die land se kredietgradering tot rommelstatus kan lei. Dít volg nadat die kredietgraderingsagentskap Moody’s Suid-Afrika se kredietgradering..
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2,600 graduated young doctors not yet placed out for their one-year mandatory service

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The ANC government is again, as it was last year, extremely negligent in dealing with graduated young doctors who have to be posted for their one year community service. About 2,600 young doctors who have graduated within a month have not yet been notified where to go for their one-year mandatory service to the community…
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South African Doctor Barred From Medical Practice For Advising That Abortion is The Killing of an Unborn Human!

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Former Military Hospital doctor, Dr Jacques de Vos, has been charged by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) for advising that abortion is the killing of an unborn human being. The complaint against Dr. De Vos and the denial of signing off his service is from the Military hospital and the HPCSA, who have entertained the complaint have taken a long time to hear it.

Dr De Vos, who is a member of Doctors For Life International (DFL) will finally be able to respond to charges after waiting more than two years since being barred from practicing as a doctor.

Dr De Vos was a medical intern at 2 Military Hospital when he was suspended from the gynaecology rotation and refused to be signed off. As a result, Dr De Vos has also been prevented from commencing his community service year, effectively barring him from practicing medicine in South Africa for the past two years. Despite numerous efforts by Dr De Vos and his legal team, Dr De Vos has n
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ANC regime’s NHI plan back in the news – according to spokesman it will be wisely implemented – As if the ANC knows what wisely means!

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The ANC’s National Health Plan is back in the news after the party’s spokesman said the scheme would be implemented with “prudence”.

With the announcement, without offering new details, the ANC once again raised the smoke clouds,as doctors get busy packing to leave the country.

The ultimate cost, when the plan is fully operational, could amount to as much as R400 Billion a year, which the planners say will only result in a “small increase” in income tax for individuals.

Experts say the ANC has come up with an idea that will not work as long as hospitals and health clinics are in the current chaotic state, unemployment is still at 30%, and the country’s expertise in managing the comprehensive service, still missing.

The promise that the Plan will be implemented gradually is only a lipservice for taxpayers, and when failures take its toll, reversal is not possible.

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Employees of Rob Ferreira workers down tools, demands that MEC step in to resolve the impasse between management in order to create a safer work environment

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Employees of Rob Ferreira workers downed down tools, demands that MEC step in to resolve the impasse between management in order to create a safer work environment

Rob Ferreira Hospital auxillary workers staged a sit-in in the hospital’s boardroom this morning. According to Sidwell Mavuso, who represents the striking workers, hospital management and the CEO refused to meet with the workers to discuss their demands. The striking NEHAWU-aligned workers have vowed to bar anyone from entering or leaving the hospital on Monday..
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Belastingbetalers gaan moet opdok vir Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering – menende dat jy gaan betaal vir die migrant se gesondheidsdienste

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Belastingbetalers gaan moet opdok vir Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering – menende dat jy gaan betaal vir die onwettige migrant se gesondheidsdienste

Die hersiene NGV-wetsontwerp wat Donderdag uitgereik is, dui aan dat belastingbetalers gaan mettertyd moet opdok vir die ANC se beplande Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering (NGV). Volgens die verslag word daar uitgestippel dat persoonlike-inkomstebelasting in die laaste fase van NGV se inwerkingstelling verhoog kan word om daarvoor te betaal. Die wetsontwerp stippel nou dit nou baie duideliker uit..
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Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal – ‘Go in alive, come out a corpse.’ DA crowns ‘worst hospital in Gauteng’

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Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal - ‘Go in alive, come out a corpse.’ DA crowns ‘worst hospital in Gauteng’

There is plenty of competition, with many government hospitals in the province described as deadly. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has released the results of a social media campaign attempting to expose the worst hospital in Gauteng. According to a statement, the Jubilee Hospital in Hammanskraal has earned this honour. “Other hospitals mentioned frequently include the..
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