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Thousands of Gauteng patients wait for MRI scans

19 Jun 2025
Gauteng hospitals have a backlog of 3 563 patients awaiting MRI scans which are critical for diagnosing and treating tumours, injuries and infections, reported MedicalBrief (19 June 2025).
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Twice-Yearly Injectable for HIV Prevention Approved in US

19 Jun 2025
Reuters reported on 18 June that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences' lenacapavir, a groundbreaking twice-yearly injection for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents.
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Gauteng measles outbreak spreads

19 Jun 2025
Since the beginning of the year 181 laboratory-confirmed cases of measles have been reported in Gauteng, reported TimesLIVE (19 June 2025).
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The challenges of rapidly evolving AI in healthcare

19 Jun 2025
“AI developments are rapidly transforming healthcare, with applications ranging from diagnostics and predictive analytics to administrative automation,” reported MedicalBrief (19 June 2025).
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Complaint management under NHI Act a ‘point of contention’

18 Jun 2025
“As SA moves towards the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), specific provisions within the NHI Act regarding complaint management, have become a significant point of contention in recent court challenges, reported Health-e News (18 June 2025).
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Wits Scientists Pioneer Nanomedicine for Neurodegenerative Disorders

17 Jun 2025
“A quiet but profound medical revolution is unfolding at the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) research unit. Under the leadership of Professor Yahya Choonara, a team of dedicated scientists is tackling two of medicine's most formidable challenges: effectively delivering treatments across the elusive blood-brain barrier and fostering neural tissue regeneration.” – Times LIVE (15 June 2025)
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Life Healthcare backs collaboration to tackle healthcare crisis

27 Nov 2024
Life Healthcare CEO Peter Wharton-Hood has backed a call for greater collaboration between the government and private healthcare providers to address South Africa’s pressing healthcare challenges. This follows a proposal by Netcare CEO Richard Friedland, who suggested adding healthcare as the fourth pillar in an existing government-business partnership focused on revitalising the economy.
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Discovery Life claims back to pre-Covid levels

19 Apr 2024
“Discovery Life distributed R10.3bn to its clients, a decrease from the R11bn paid the previous year,” reported Business Day (19April 2024)
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Hundreds of websites found selling fake weight-loss drugs

16 Apr 2024
Reuters reported on 15 April that the cybersecurity company BrandShield has shut down over 250 websites selling counterfeit versions of popular drugs used for weight loss and diabetes treatment within the GLP-1 class.
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RAF bid to appeal judgment on claim requirements

06 Dec 2023
On 5 December 2023 the Pretoria High Court rejected the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) request to reconsider a previous verdict from November, reported Business Day. “The ruling mandated eliminating the stringent new requirements for filing claims outlined in a 2021 board notice.”
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Covid-19 vaccines: ‘Health Department squandered the opportunity’

07 Sep 2023
“Health activists are right to draw attention to this grossly unfair situation. (Covid-19 vaccine deals) But the far bigger scandal is that the Health Department squandered the opportunity after spending an estimated R14-bn on Covid-19 jabs and belatedly filling its warehouses with enough doses to vaccinate the nation” – Business Day (7 September 2023).
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EDITORIAL: Health Minister must halt care crisis

20 Jan 2023

NHI, the government’s plan for universal health coverage, rests heavily on nurse-led care. Yet where these nurses will come from is a mystery. – Editorial (Business Day 20 January 2023).
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Study raises concerns about quality of hospital meals

12 Jan 2023

According to a study of meals served at Cape Town hospitals the food served to hospital patients are way below the health department “ration scale” and patients’ energy requirements, reportedFinancial Mail (12 January 2023).
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Health Minister’s comment provides ‘some comfort to medical scheme industry’

15 Jun 2022

 

Health Minister Joe Phaahla’s comment that NHI will be implemented step-by-step - gradually phasing out the role of medical schemes in the private sector - should provide some comfort to these private healthcare services, according to Business Day (15 June 2022)


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Activists demands change in intellectual property laws

10 Nov 2021

 

Activists from Fix the Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) urged government to change intellectual property laws to allow more people to access lifesaving medicine for serious ailments such as cancer, HIV, Covid, tuberculosis, mental health and diabetes.


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