Health Sector
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Majodina: Don’t panic, NHI bill can be amended after Ramaphosa signs it into law
The ANC chief whip denies the health law is an election ploy as court challenges loom and the DA dismisses it as a ‘populist lever’ This content is restricted to registered users…
NHI plans to revitalise hospitals
A proposed R6.9 billion is to be allocated over the next three years to prepare for the rollout of the system across the country
Long arm of the riots still affecting health sector
The tumult in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has forced people to go without chronic medication and check-ups, caused shortages at the blood bank and disruptions in the vaccine roll out
Tissue engineering facility breathes new life into local biomedical sector
This is the first facility of its kind in the Western Cape and only the third such facility in South Africa
Affirming medicine as a public good
Medical science has developed hugely powerful technologies that can be used for social purposes. But to achieve this, it needs to be clearly on the side of the people