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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Still shopping for a new medical aid? Here are 21 ways to cut your medical costs
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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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Hard times lies ahead for the ANC’s Department of Health:- angry nurses says, No jobs, no vote
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“No jobs, no vote,” shouted disgruntled nurses who marched to the provincial health department in Pietermaritzburg on Friday.
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Grandson laments treatment at PE hospital – ‘Not one nurse to help him’
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Life St George’s Hospital in Port Elizabeth has launched an internal investigation after the grandson of one of its patients posted photos of his grandfather soaked in urine and blood with “not one nurse to help him”.
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A tech company, Proteus, just launched a ‘smart’ cancer pills that track you with tiny sensors stamped into your medications
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A US digital medicine company called Proteus makes ‘smart pills’ embedded with sensors that tell your doctor when you’ve taken your medication. The pills also track activity levels.
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Let’s have a look at why doctors and nurses are facing unemployment
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It’s the age of austerity and it’s bad news for doctors, nurses and patients alike — unless the state can do more with less.
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Some researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant
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If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there’s a piercing physical sensation in your foot, and that it’s not pleasant. Now, a team of scientists at Stanford University has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the latter – that is, the negative emotions of pain.
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There are so many complex reasons for South Africa’s organ donor shortage
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At any given time, there are around 4,300 people waiting for organ donations in South Africa. These patients usually need new livers, kidneys, lungs or hearts. But organ donors are in very short supply.
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South Africa needs stronger leadership and increased budgets in mental healthcare
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The psychiatric profession should play a greater role in advocating for patients’ rights and improving management of mental health in the public sector after a series of recent tragedies that highlighted the neglect of mental healthcare in South Africa
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Doctors get a lifeline as government considers shortening internships from two years to one
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Shortening doctors’ internships from two years to one is being mooted to alleviate the strain in the training of doctors. Health department spokesperson Popo Maja said: “What we know is that one of the health stakeholders did entertain the idea of internship training being reviewed. But it is too early for us to say anything..
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