Infant care leaps forward with a lesson from kangaroos
Ina Skosana, Nick Mulgrew, Mia Malan
A simple practice that benefits all newborns is also bringing down mortality rates.
Shadowy past dogs Limpopo hospital chief
Records show that Musina hospital boss Allick Dube was suspended for negligence in Tennessee
Doctors give NHI a qualified thumbs up
Ina Skosana, Amy Green, Mia Malan
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.
NHI pioneers new payment system
Ina Skosana, Amy Green, Mia Malan
In the first of a two-part series about the NHI, Mia Malan reports on state plans to change the rigid reimbursement formula for private doctors.
Saving lives in war-ravaged Syria
For doctors like South African Venessa Naidoo, working in war-torn Syria means providing life-saving treatment to the needy is a daily struggle.
'Smart drugs' rife at universities
Students are abusing schedule six pills ahead of exams – with the help of their doctors.
Doctors overcharge, say our readers
The Mail & Guardian asked readers what they think of doctors' tariffs in a survey on M&G Online.
Minister wants to stop patient rip-offs
Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the guideline tariffs.
Minister wants to stop patient rip-offs
Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the guideline tariffs
Dummies' guide to medical tariffs
Health professionals are finding the state's planned guidelines for fees a bitter pill to swallow.
Health minister promises more doctors and nurses
The health department has launched a human resource plan to deal with the public sector's severe lack of doctors and nurses.
Shortage of doctors is beyond critical
The shortage of doctors will be the topic of Bonitas House Call on August 13 at 9am on SABC2.
Doctors vent anger at lack of security at hospitals
About 200 doctors converged on the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday in protest against poor security at hospitals.
Anger at killing of doctor in Mpumalanga
Popcru is disgusted by the killing of a doctor at the Middleburg Hospital in Mpumalanga, a spokesperson has said.
Zim doctors strike over pay, paralyse hospitals
Zimbabwe's state doctors have gone on strike to press for an increase in wages and allowances, a health workers' union said on Wednesday.
TAKE2: Putting lives at risk
John Robbie rarely says anything I want to write home about on his morning shows, which I listen to religiously.
KZN doctors call off strike
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) doctors on Thursday called off a strike that saw close to 300 doctors fired.
Go back to work, Cosatu tells KZN doctors
Congress of South African Trade Unions president Sdumo Dlamini called on KwaZulu-Natal's striking doctors to go back to work on Friday.
Govt signs revised pay offer for doctors
The government signed a revised pay offer for public-sector doctors on Tuesday in the hope of ending weeks of picketing and strikes.
KZN doctors defy court order
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) doctors on Monday defied a court order that compels them to go back to work.
