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More questions than answers: Kim Cole, with her daughter Fallon Finch, who died in a Durban hospital in January last year after taking an overdose
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Suicide victim’s mother appeals health professions panel decision absolving doctor

Fallon Finch’s family claims she did not receive emergency medical treatment that could have saved her life because she told the doctor she could not afford the cost of blood tests

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
Former Eskom chairperson Malegapuru Makgoba on Wednesday said it was Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s idea that the state-owned entity should conduct intelligence gathering to combat corruption.
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Shonisani Lethole died due to negligence, ombud finds

Staff at Tembisa Hospital did not do their job in caring for the businessman, the health ombudsman finds, and orders an investigation

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
4 min read