South Africa
Health faces R50bn in medical negligence claims
The Department of Health told Parliament that public hospitals face R50 billion in medical negligence claims, down from R58 billion a year earlier.
By Zama Nteyi
Topic
Department of Health
Politics
‘Ignore the minister’: Premier accused of defying hospital rescue plan
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the NCOP that a provincial premier, whom he did not name, accused him of acting like a finance minister and claimed…
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
Foreign nationals accused of overwhelming neonatal ICUs
A senior Department of Health official told Parliament that foreign nationals were overwhelming neonatal ICUs but offered no figures, and the department's own…
By Zama Nteyi
Health & Wellness
Overcrowded newborn wards, staff shortages drive neonatal deaths in provinces
By Zama Nteyi
South Africa
Mpox cases surge to 26 in five provinces, health department warns against stigma
By Justine Dumont
South Africa
SA faces medicine price hike as shortages grip hospitals and pharmacies
By Justine Dumont
