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What’s ketamine all about? Bhekisisa recently spoke with Bavi Vythilingum, a member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, who helped write the guidelines for ketamine use to understand more about the drug and how it works. (Wikimedia)
ANAESTHETICS

Elon Musk, depression and South Africa’s cowboy ketamine clinics

Ketamine has been used for decades as an anaesthetic drug, but in the past few years, more and more psychiatrists have been using it for hard-to-treat depression

  • Bhekisisa Team
9 min read
ANTOINETTE MIRIC

A survival kit for healthcare workers, before the Covid-19 third wave hits

Doctors and nurses are dog-tired, depressed and anxious. Experts share some tips on how to cope

  • Chris Bateman
6 min read