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Chris Bateman
Chris Bateman is a freelance journalist
How South Africa is legislating its way into a healthcare crisis
Unregulated tariffs and the lack of low-cost benefit schemes drive up the price of medical aid premiums, causing patients to feel the pain
A team quietly improves people’s health in the Eastern Cape
The Foundation for Professional Development has harnessed local ownership to provide quality care
Department of Health
The department has tried to turn the health system around but it’s plagued by inefficiency, staff shortages, dismal leadership and governance failures
Several hospitals hit hard by public sector strike
Some hospitals were disrupted by protesters but most facilities had few to no disturbances
Crystal meth addicts claw their way clean
Two former addicts share their stories
Drug abuse ‘out of hand’ in South Africa, needs radical policy shift
The World Health Organisation recommended opioid substitution drug treatment but because of the cost this therapy is not offered in the public health service
The tricky topic of sex after cancer diagnosis
Sexuality is often neglected because patients and doctors are uncomfortable with the subject and lack the courage and skills to discuss it
Mediator appointed for South African Medical Association’s internal drama
The row centres on whether the SAMA board, elected for a three-year term in 2018, is legally constituted in terms of its Memorandum of Incorporation
SA Health Products Regulatory Authority ‘understaffed and underfunded’
A patient has questioned the authority after having adverse reaction to substitute medicine
Emmaus Hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal is in ‘toxic meltdown’
Experienced doctors and nurses are quitting over adversarial management by the new medical manager and new chief executive
Gauteng Health ‘ignorant’ of arson at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital
Gauteng Health officials say they haven’t seen the police forensic report yet
Covid-19 has led to an increase in depression, mental illness and heart attack risk in South Africa
There has been an unprecedented structural shift in disease patterns, which has highlighted unequal access to healthcare
Warring Zithulele Hospital leaders transferred
This comes after recent protests by local residents demanding that the hospital’s new chief executive step down
Covid-19: Centaurus variant mild but spreads rapidly, vaccinate the vulnerable, experts say
Only the costly N95 mask works and achieving a high penetration of Covid-19 booster vaccination is ‘the only effective strategy’, says virologist Shabir Madhi
Violence erupts during protest at strife torn Eastern Cape hospital
There have been several protests over the past few weeks, calling for the resignation of the new chief executive at Zithulele Hospital.