Millions budgeted to pay foreign doctors while SA doctors are unemployed

While hundreds of qualified SA doctors remain unemployed, Gauteng Health budgeted more than R612m to remunerate foreign medical professionals during the 2026/27 financial year. This was revealed in Parliament by Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Faith Mazibuko. – The Citizen (14 July 2026)

Study shows some weight-loss medicines prescribed too readily

A secret shopper study by Yale University researchers and published in Journal of the American Medical Association found that some telehealth platforms are prescribing GLP-1 weight-loss medicines too readily, often without adequate medical assessment.

SA Pharma firm to conduct clinical trials for Ebola

A SA pharmaceutical company Xylomed Pharmaceuticals plans to launch a major clinical trial for an experimental Ebola treatment in African countries affected by recurring outbreaks of the deadly virus. – Business Day (9 July 2026)

Get out of the courts rather sit around a table

Private healthcare funders should dump the various legal challenges against the National Health Insurance (NHI) – which were likely to drag on for another 10 years at least – and rather engage in dialogue to address their concerns, was the advice of experts at the annual Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) conference. – MedicalBrief (9 July 2026).

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