World

French surgeon says deserves no ‘leniency’ after abusing child patients

Vannes – A French surgeon who sexually abused hundreds of patients over two decades, most of them minors, said... Read more

27 May, 2025

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Too dangerous to save lives: Cape Town paramedics wait for police as victims bleed

Cape Town –  The call came in just after 7:00 pm as the paramedics began the night shift: a... Read more

6 May, 2025

Countries

Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa – Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy – a disease that still affects thousands... Read more

23 Apr, 2025

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Hospital denies 15-year-old Zimbabwean girl a transplant – report

Cape Town – Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is reportedly at the centre of a heated legal battle after... Read more

16 Apr, 2025

Botswana

Unprecedented crisis’ in Africa healthcare: report

Nairobi – Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the continent faces “an unprecedented financing crisis”... Read more

4 Apr, 2025

Countries

SAMA demands slimmer cabinet

Cape Town — The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to decrease the size... Read more

19 Jun, 2024

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MSF concerned over insulin pen shortage in South Africa

Cape Town — International group, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) expressed concern over the shortage of insulin pens in South... Read more

18 May, 2024

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UN applauds SA for new NHI Bill

Cape Town — The United Nations (UN) in South Africa has praised the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill... Read more

16 May, 2024

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‘NHI will be death sentence for SA healthcare’ – Steenhuisen

Cape Town — The Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen, has condemned the implementation of the National Health Insurance... Read more

15 May, 2024

Countries

‘NHI will be safe in our hands’ – Phaala

Cape Town — Minister of Health, Joe Phaala, has eased the fears of those opposing the National Health Insurance... Read more

14 Feb, 2024