Oncology
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#WorldCancerDay: Getting treatment in Limpopo is like waiting for death
Cervical cancer claimed Nkhanyeleni Vele’s life this past weekend, but with a higher number of cancer specialists on duty, her death could have been avoided
He would ransom the pills for something more precious than profit: His wife’s life
When a few months of treatment costs as much as a house, some patients are taking their lives and the law into their own hands to survive.
Burning tyres and dodgy ambulance deals? Six health scandals you might have missed
It’s been a bumper year for trouble for the country’s healthcare system and it’s only June. Here’s everything you might have missed.
Cancer Crisis: Where are South Africa’s radiation oncologists? Find out
Everyone knows about KZN’s cancer crisis but no one is talking about the other provinces that operate on just one radiation oncologist — or less.
Limpopo: 0. Mpumalanga: 0. That’s how many radiation oncologists these provinces have
Meanwhile, a lone specialist in the North West caters for 3.7-million people as four provinces are forced to send patients to Gauteng.
KZN cancer patients sent home with panados as treatment waiting lists grow
State cancer patients have nowhere to turn, even if their cancer is treatable.