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Bloemfontein High Court Judge Ilsa van Rhyn directed Netcare to pay Tilana Alida Louw R300,000 for damages, past and future medical expenses, and to pay part of her costs on a punitive scale.

Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against abusive surgeon

Tilana Alida Louw said Dr Stephen Paul Grobler had verbally abused her, hurled profanities, insults, and used blasphemy, in front of other staff and patients

Off to work: Healthcare workers at Mediclinic Kloof. Staff who’ve tested Covid-19 positive say the hospital management has accused them of not taking precautions when outside the hospital; the staff claim they are not provided with adequate PPE at work. (Photos: Paul Botes)

Covid-19 positive health workers accused of ‘carelessness’

Mediclinic workers say the company is not taking responsibility for a Covid-19 outbreak at a Pretoria hospital

(Graphic by John McCann)

Provinces yet to sign deals with private hospitals

In preparation for a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases, talks between private hospital groups and the national health department on treating patients have been concluded

Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital

Why the public-private partnership to build Lesotho’s only specialist hospital floundered

It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa, but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third…

Infected: Workers at private and state hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal have contracted Covid-19. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Staff at eight KZN hospitals contract coronavirus

Forced to work across multiple hospitals, health officials have helped to spread Covid-19 in the private healthcare system

The commission’s investigation has produced the largest ever data set on South Africa’s private sector

Collusion, competition and corruption — A new Rx for better healthcare?

The three Cs: Collusion, competition and corruption. There’ll be a renewed push to safeguard your money when it comes to healthcare, but will it work?

To reduce the dominance of one or more companies in the sector, the commission recommends that it reviews possible mergers that may contribute to an anti-competitive market. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Consumers get the short end of the private healthcare stick, commission finds

Competition Commission reveals anti-competitive practices in private healthcare

Netcare’s BMI faces UK competition censure

The group now faces scrutiny in South Africa, after its overseas subsidiary was nailed.

Giving back for the greater good

South Africans who live in urban areas donate R605 each to charity every year.

‘Use private sector expertise’

‘Use private sector expertise’

The Hospital Association of South Africa will urge the government to use a multi-payer system to administer national health insurance claims.

Building an engaged culture

Building an engaged culture

Entrenching a values-based ethos at all levels.

Kidneygate: What the Netcare bosses really knew

Kidneygate: What the Netcare bosses really knew

Netcare was warned by a top specialist to stop Israeli "tourist transplants" but the company dismissed his advice and hid behind a legal façade.

We’ll negotiate with union, says Netcare

Netcare on Friday said it was keen to continue with wage negotiations with the Democratic Nursing Association of SA until a solution was found.

Eight in court for illegal organ transplants

Eight people, including five doctors, were expected to appear in the Durban Regional Court on Tuesday in connection with illegal organ transplants.

SA doctors charged over organ trafficking

Five doctors have been charged with performing illegal kidney transplants, it was reported on Thursday.

Netcare workers begin strike

Up to 4 000 nurses and administrative workers at Netcare, Africa’s biggest private hospital group, launched a strike over pay on Wednesday.

Netcare posts rise in profit

Netcare posted a rise in profit for the year ended September 30, the JSE-listed private hospital group said on Monday.

Durban counts cost of devastating floods

Durban’s disaster-management team and city officials are busy calculating the cost of damage caused during a heavy downpour on Tuesday night that continued into the early hours…

Twenty rescued in Durban flash-floods

Search-and-rescue workers saved 20 people trapped in cars and homes by rising water in a heavy overnight downpour in Durban. ”We used a police boat to move many people away from…

Private healthcare tariffs under spotlight

The threat of prosecution at a high-powered meeting with Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang forced private hospital groups to commit to reconsidering their annual tariff…