Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
The row centres on whether the SAMA board, elected for a three-year term in 2018, is legally constituted in terms of its Memorandum of Incorporation
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Disputes over board elections and trade union fees threaten the 96-year-old NPO for medical professionals
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The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
More than 2 400 interns and over 2 200 community service doctors are still awaiting placements, which are necessary to complete the statutory requirements so they can practice
Most of the admissions are of unvaccinated and younger people, but there are fears of a spread to older people
The health department is increasingly playing fiscal catch up each year as the trainee intake continues to swell
Families in areas of Mpumalanga have to choose between work and health, but new WHO air quality guidelines say the time to act is now
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Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
More than 120 000 people got their jabs in phase 2 of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign
The interns were told they would receive salaries at the end of April, but that did not happen
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Private doctors and civilians have been exploiting gaps in the public health system to get vaccinated
The number of admissions drastically increased in the first two weeks of January, showing the highest numbers since the pandemic reached SA across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
According to data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the past two weeks have seen more than 650 patients having to be put on ventilators
There may be no quick fix to making our hospitals safer, but there may be one simple place to start
There may be no quick fix to making our hospitals safer, but there may be one simple place to start
Experts warn state clinics and hospitals are likely to further deteriorate as the public purse shrinks.
The petition in question was initiated by the People’s Health Movement, not the South African Medical Association or the Rural Doctors Association.
Poor management at Bara hospital left doctors with no choice but to operate on a patient using only the light from cellphones and iPads, says Sama.
The council deciding Wouter Basson’s fate is fuelling "ambulance chasing" by encouraging the public to complain about doctors, a medical group says.
In 2008 the South African Medical Association unanimously adopted a resolution in favour of supporting the principle of universal access to healthcare
Health Minister Aaron Motshoaledi should hire efficient managers to avoid a repeat of some Gauteng doctors not being paid, Sama said on Wednesday.
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The SA Medical Association is ”gravely concerned” about HIV/Aids statistics, which show a huge Aids-related leap in South Africa’s death rate.
The South African Medical Association will this week hold secret ballots to determine whether its members accept or reject a revised wage offer.
The doctors’ strike flared up in Gauteng and Limpopo on Friday even as it was called off in most other provinces.
Western Cape doctors on Friday agreed to call off their strike and go back to work, but are still not happy with the government’s pay offer.
Talks on the salary dispute involving doctors and other workers in the medical field will resume on Monday, the health department said on Saturday.
Doctors who have engaged in strikes must return to work or face the consequences, the health minister said on Friday.
Doctors kept their word and called off strike action in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng on Tuesday morning, the provincial health departments said.
An illegal strike by doctors planned for this week was not authorised by the South African Medical Association (Sama), the union said on Sunday.
The National Union of Mineworkers has called on government to urgently implement occupation specific pay rises for medical doctors.