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Hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid bedank na 143 sterftes

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Die geskorste hoof van Gauteng se Departement van Gesondheid, dr. Barney Selebano, het bedank. Dit was hy wat die oorplasing van pasiënte goedgekeur het vanuit die Life Esidimeni fasiliteit na ongeregistreerde fasiliteite. Die oorplasing het gelei tot 143 pasiënte se dood. Tydens Selebano se aanstelling, het Jack Bloom van die DA Selebano se lof besing..
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Private healthcare in SA – continued decline and a solution

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We entered 2017 reeling from a series of double-digit medical insurance premium hikes. It was becoming clear that schemes are in trouble; undercut by unregulated, selective insurance products and forced into tighter and tighter modes of managing care delivered. We were facing an affordability crisis then – that, without serious systematic change, schemes will be..
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Young nurses reject last-minute cancellation of nurses intake in 2018 by Gauteng health department

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The Young Nurses Indaba Trade Union (YNITU) has rejected the “abrupt, irresponsible” decision by the Gauteng health department to cancel the intake of student nurses at some Gauteng nursing colleges. Prospective student nurses were scheduled to commence their four-year training programme leading to a diploma in nursing – general, community, psychiatry, and midwifery – from..
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