South African Medical Association
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Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war?
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met the South African Medical Association — one of the organisations taking him to court about the National Health Insurance Act — to talk…
Does Motsoaledi know austerity doesn’t absolve him of delivering health care?
Tight public purse strings inevitably causes greater overall inequality
South African doctors make up to 40 times more than those in Kenya and Nigeria
Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
Mediator appointed for South African Medical Association’s internal drama
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
South African Medical Association suspends Western Cape branch
Disputes over board elections and trade union fees threaten the 96-year-old NPO for medical professionals
Health department scraps quarantine, isolation requirements for asymptomatic Covid-19 contacts
The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
Medical association considers legal action over government’s failure to place junior doctors
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
Covid-19 hospital admissions on the rise in Gauteng as fourth wave looms
Most of the admissions are of unvaccinated and younger people, but there are fears of a spread to older people
Junior doctors ‘tired’ of placement travails
The health department is increasingly playing fiscal catch up each year as the trainee intake continues to swell
It’s time to clean up South Africa’s polluted air
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
Doctors and nurses are most trusted sources for vaccine information
Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice
What happens when you walk into a vaccination site? We break it down
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
Teething problems in first week of national vaccine drive see fewer jabs
More than 120 000 people got their jabs in phase 2 of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign
Despite promises, medical interns at 2 Military Hospital remain unpaid
The interns were told they would receive salaries at the end of April, but that did not happen
‘Doctors’ wives’ jump Covid queue
Private doctors and civilians have been exploiting gaps in the public health system to get vaccinated