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Medical Professionals

TAC spends the night outside Makhura’s office in protest
Politics
/ 11 August 2021

TAC spends the night outside Makhura’s office in protest

Hundreds of Treatment Action Campaign members braved the Joburg cold to camp outside David Makhura’s office on Tuesday night, demanding Charlotte Maxeke Hospital reopens

By Chris Gilili
Othering fatness: Medical professionals’ negative bias towards fat people jeopardises the quality of care
Health
/ 21 August 2020

Othering fatness: Medical professionals’ negative bias towards fat people jeopardises the quality of care

Pontsho Pilane speaks to three women who have found it difficult to access quality healthcare because of medical professionals’ weight bias

By Pontsho Pilane
​A dying breath of fresh air
Analysis
/ 6 January 2017

​A dying breath of fresh air

A hard-hitting film raises serious ethical questions about keeping a patient alive at all costs.

By Staff Reporter
​Nelson Mandela Metro University gets the go-ahead to open a medical school in 2020
Article
/ 25 July 2016

​Nelson Mandela Metro University gets the go-ahead to open a medical school in 2020

The new department will begin with 50 students and increase this number to about 200 by 2022.

By Prega Govender
Health sector cleared for surgery
Article
/ 15 March 2013

Health sector cleared for surgery

An industry-wide probe into private healthcare seems likely, but stakeholders fear a witch hunt.

By Mia Malan
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Article
/ 4 May 2009

A panacea for doctors, stat

Medical practitioners warn that they could resume strike action if government does not respond to their demands.

By Mia Malan and Nosimilo Ndlovu
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Article
/ 6 February 2009

SA Medical Association head chopped:

Kgosi Letlape, the first black ophthalmologist in South Africa and former president of the World Medical Association, had led Sama since 2001.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 September 2008

UK to stop poaching doctors

SA could retain more health professionals as Britain closes door to doctors and nurses.

By Percy Zvomuya

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