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…
Tight public purse strings inevitably causes greater overall inequality
Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
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
Disputes over board elections and trade union fees threaten the 96-year-old NPO for medical professionals
The government has also started administering J&J booster shots from 24 December and will roll out Pfizer boosters from 28 December
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
Most of the admissions are of unvaccinated and younger people, but there are fears of a spread to older people
The health department is increasingly playing fiscal catch up each year as the trainee intake continues to swell
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The interns were told they would receive salaries at the end of April, but that did not happen
There may be no quick fix to making our hospitals safer, but there may be one simple place to start
There may be no quick fix to making our hospitals safer, but there may be one simple place to start
Experts warn state clinics and hospitals are likely to further deteriorate as the public purse shrinks.
The petition in question was initiated by the People’s Health Movement, not the South African Medical Association or the Rural Doctors Association.
Poor management at Bara hospital left doctors with no choice but to operate on a patient using only the light from cellphones and iPads, says Sama.
The council deciding Wouter Basson’s fate is fuelling "ambulance chasing" by encouraging the public to complain about doctors, a medical group says.
Health Minister Aaron Motshoaledi should hire efficient managers to avoid a repeat of some Gauteng doctors not being paid, Sama said on Wednesday.
The SA Medical Association is ”gravely concerned” about HIV/Aids statistics, which show a huge Aids-related leap in South Africa’s death rate.
