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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

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

Dr Nandipha Magudumana at a previous court appearance. Photo by Gallo Images/Frikkie Kapp

How Dr Nandipha betrayed the notion of a ‘good doctor’

A respectful, honourable medic will uphold the trust that is bestowed on them by opting out of prioritising personal interests over the best interests of the public

Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Mental health paramedics can ease depression and anxiety in South Africa but they’re overlooked

Many South Africans don’t have access to psychologists or psychiatrists. Counsellors can relieve this burden but they can’t find work in the public sector

PRODUCTION – 07 February 2022, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bösingen: ILLUSTRATION – A young woman smokes with an e-shisha in her apartment and is seen silhouetted. (Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A sin tax on vapes is not as bad as Aids denialism. Here’s why

Lobbyists pushing for vaping as a way to help people quit smoking insist taxing e-cigarettes like traditional smokes will lead down a similar path as denying HIV treatment to…

Only about 15% of the population — nine million people —has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to Wits University vaccinologist Professor Shabir Madhi.

Doctors and nurses are most trusted sources for vaccine information

Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate