Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.
Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has withdrawn its request to the Public Protector to investigate whether President Thabo Mbeki intervened to assure a liver transplant for Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Party leader Helen Zille said on Thursday she made the decision after meeting Mbeki earlier in the week.