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Maria Valaskatzis
lifestyle

Meet ‘RHOD’ star Maria Valaskatzis’ doctor husband

Stellenbosch medical students: what has changed after 5 years?
News

Stellenbosch medical students: what has changed after 5 years?

Joke of the day
Offbeat

Joke of the day Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Maria Valaskatzis
Celeb News

Meet ‘RHOD’ star Maria Valaskatzis’ doctor husband

Stellenbosch medical students: what has changed after 5 years?
News

Stellenbosch medical students: what has changed after 5 years?

Joke of the day
Offbeat

Joke of the day Tuesday, 22 November 2022

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News

Prosecution opposes bail of doctor accused of raping teen

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty03-09-2022 09:36

The prosecution in the case against the Kimberley-based doctor accused of rape has opposed bail stating he is a flight risk.

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Gauteng

Soweto doctors afraid after 10 ARMED robberies in 5 months

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty30-08-2022 12:40

Calls are being made for more police protection as 10 armed robberies at doctors’ practices have been recorded in five months in Soweto.

hospitals fire
News

Phaahla congratulates over 550 SA doctors who studied in Cuba

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty09-07-2022 17:39

Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has congratulated over 550 doctors from South Africa who completed their studies in Cuba.

Watch Sa doctors shortage video
News

WATCH | Doctor shortage will make NHI cost the taxpayers double [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga27-05-2022 17:58

Need your news quickly? Watch daily News in a minute videos from The South African YouTube page for all that you really need to know!

Nigerian doctors to resume wor
Africa News

Nigerian doctors to resume work after two-month strike

By Agence France-Presse05-10-2021 10:51

Doctor’s at Nigeria state-run hospital to resume work, while some issues are yet to be resolved, some requested payments have been made

Kimberley
News

Shocker: Patient stabs two female doctors in Kimberley hospital

By Siseko Gwegwe20-09-2021 14:38

A patient has stabbed two female doctors in Kimberley, the SA Medical Association says government keeps ignoring security concerns.

Lioness
Lifestyle

Doctor by day, rapper by night: Meet LaToya ‘Lioness’ Mwoombola [watch]

By Naledi de Wee23-08-2021 20:53

Latoya Mwoombola is proving that you can be a frontline healthcare worker…and a rapper. When not in the hospital, she is Lioness!

NHI dOCTORS
News

New NHI-related proposal ‘may force doctors to leave South Africa’

By Tom Head16-08-2021 16:43

Is this the first major step towards National Health Insurance (NHI) becoming a reality in South Africa? One trade union now ‘fears for our doctors’.

Fake doctor durban
News

Fake doctor alert: Durban woman arrested after scamming patients

By Tom Head25-06-2021 17:56

Eish, what a nightmare: A ‘fake doctor’ has been busted in Durban, after she charged patients a flat fee for appointments over the course of a year.

Cape Town doctor performs 12 f
Health and Fitness

Cape Town doctor performs 12 free ops to avoid jail time

By Erene Roux20-04-2021 11:53

A Cape Town doctor performed and funded 12 operations in order to avoid jail time after failing to submit tax returns.

‘The doctor in frame one’: EC
Lifestyle

‘The doctor in frame one’: EC doctor’s vaccination photo causes a stir on social media

By Erene Roux22-02-2021 15:22

After a Twitter post from the GCIS in the Eastern Cape of a rather dishy doctor getting his jab went viral, many social media users have become instant fans of the ‘doctor in frame one’.

New IOD claims changes “devast
News

New IOD claims changes “devastating” for workers

By Lyse Comins19-02-2021 11:14

Business leaders have joined workers and doctors in their opposition to proposed new IOD claims changes which will affect how medical practitioners claim from the Workmen’s Compensation Fund.

Some 100 doctors plead with Ra
News

Some 100 doctors plead with Ramaphosa to urgently review Ivermectin in Covid-19 battle

By Riyaz Patel16-01-2021 14:51

“Respected President, I implore you at this time of need, legalise Ivermectin – trust us – the health professionals who are the most vulnerable against this disease – to dispense Ivermectin with informed consent.” – Dr. Naseeba Kathrada.

No thank you: High number of U
News

No thank you: High number of US healthcare, frontline workers refusing Covid-19 vaccine

By Riyaz Patel05-01-2021 04:18

A high percentage of vaccine refusal among not just health care workers, but the general population, could be ‘problematic,’ Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch noted.

FAKE Doctor arrested Gauteng vanderbijlpark
News

Gauteng: Health clinic closed after officials bust ‘fake doctor’ [photos]

By Tom Head23-09-2020 17:44

Gauteng law enforcement officials made a shocking discovery on Wednesday, after they found a ‘fake doctor’ operating in Vanderbijlpark.

Umlazi shooting six men
News

Joburg businessman denies being involved in doctor’s murder

By Thabo Baloyi18-09-2020 14:12

Mohammadh Sayed has pressed charges against Dr Abdulhay Munshi and his colleague Prof Peter Beale, after his 10-year-old son died just hours after a medical procedure

Anaesthetist Abdulhay Munshi
News

Doctor accused of culpable homicide allegedly shot dead in Norwood

By Andrea Chothia17-09-2020 13:14

The Radiological Society of South Africa has since expressed its shock at the senseless killing of Doctor Abdulhay Munshi.

doctors cuba ANC T50 MILLION DONATION
News

Mkhize lauds Cuban doctors aiding SA’s COVID-19 response

By Riyaz Patel16-08-2020 13:14

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize was giving an update on the work and deployment of over 200 doctors who arrived here in April.

doctor
Offbeat

Bogus doctor fleeces desperate patients, offers ‘miracle cure’

By Mike Simpson09-07-2020 19:00

A man who pretended to be a medical specialist with a ‘miracle cure’ conned parents of dying boys and a 76-year-old patient.

COVID-19 cost
Business & Finance

Here’s what SA has spent on PPE, quarantine sites, and Cuban doctors

By Tom Head08-07-2020 10:04

If you’re wondering how much the COVID-19 pandemic is costing South Africa, the Defence Ministry has published its latest financial figures here.

Nehawu protest covid-19
News

Nehawu: Attacks on Cuban doctors are unwarranted

By Thabo Baloyi14-06-2020 16:23

The deployment came with a reported R430 million price tag and has sparked outrage amongst South Africans who have accused government of overlooking a number of local and newly-qualified doctors who are still sitting at home

Cuban doctors Gauteng Health
News

Cuban doctors to cost taxpayer R239m – here’s what their salaries are

By Tom Head10-06-2020 10:50

With almost 200 Cuban doctors working in South Africa, their wages – and subsequent costs to the taxpayer – have been made public this week.

Cuban doctors Gauteng Health
News

COVID-19: Cuban doctors to arrive in the Eastern Cape

By Thabo Baloyi17-05-2020 12:18

The deployment came with a reported R430 million price tag and has sparked outrage amongst South Africans as a number of local and newly-qualified doctors are still sitting at home

Cuban doctors Gauteng Health
News

SANDF: ‘Cuban doctors in South Africa are healthy and COVID-19 free’

By Andrea Chothia09-05-2020 10:59

This comes after rumours that 23 Cuban doctors, who arrived in South Africa on Freedom Day, tested positive for COVID-19.

Cuban doctors Gauteng Health
News

‘Cuban doctors are not here to replace anyone’ – Health Department

By Andrea Chothia28-04-2020 14:06

There has been concern regarding the arrival of Cuban doctors when there are qualified health professionals in South Africa.

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