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Three digital transformation priorities for African healthcare organisations

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With doctors in short supply, healthcare employers need to invest in intelligent technologies to make the experience of accessing healthcare as good as it can be, for all involved
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Doctors under siege in Sudan

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Healthcare workers in the country are quitting because of assaults and inadequate PPE
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Eastern Cape university goes all in to assist provincial health-care efforts

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A special steering committee seeks to fill urgent gaps in the system in order to fight the coronavirus
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The doctor who gave her life to stop Ebola in Nigeria

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When Ebola first hit Lagos, Dr Ameyo Adadevoh knew something was seriously wrong, so she did something about it
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200 Cuban medics to help SA fight Covid-19

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200 Cubans are flying to South Africa to help the defence force and health department respond to the pandemic
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Health couple fear for their kids

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Doctor and a respiratory therapist have hygiene rules in place but no one to look after their children while they work
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My G-cup breasts just had to go

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People must be ready because I am going to embrace my body with all the scars that come with it
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What your doctor is thinking when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’

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Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing.
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The bad news about delivering bad news

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Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing.
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Discovery gets up doctors’ noses

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Surgical specialists are concerned that day hospitals won’t suit their own or patients’ needs
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Black students in medical schools: Is there a problem?

Podcasts -
Our Mia Malan speaks to Laura Lopez Gonzalez about the recent allegations of racism at Wits Medical School.
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​A dying breath of fresh air

Analysis -
A hard-hitting film raises serious ethical questions about keeping a patient alive at all costs.
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Curing a sick system: Doctors and nurses must speak out for patients and themselves

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Medicine shouldn’t be the only thing on the books at our medical schools. Here are some tips for healthcare workers to handle abuse.
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​Nelson Mandela Metro University gets the go-ahead to open a medical school in 2020

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The new department will begin with 50 students and increase this number to about 200 by 2022.
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SA doctors demand shorter hours, saying their 30-hour shifts put patients’ lives at risk

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The health department and the Health Professions Council of South Africa must act to protect the medics and patients.
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