Desmond Tutu supports right-to-die activist Sean Davison

The two departments have spent R34m on legal fees with private firms to lighten the burden on snowed-under state attorneys

The department began the 2018-2019 fiscal year on April 1 owing suppliers close to R1bn

Manufacturers want an extra price increase on medicines to compensate for the rand’s slide

Board of Healthcare Funders calls for better planning and regulations to enforce efficient allocation of human resources

Decades of research have shown that good faecal microbiota can repopulate guts with bad ones, but donors can be hard to find

Charlotte Maxeke refers cases to other hospitals to ease waiting list

The health ombud says the doctor went to the press alleging 90 patients had died, while the facility’s stats show just 8.5 deaths a year

The high vacancy rates are largely due to the province’s moratorium on hiring for non-clinical posts, but poor infrastructure maintenance is also a factor

A study has found that medically circumcised older men in Mpumalanga have a higher rate of HIV than uncircumcised men

SA’s problem is relatively small, say pharmacists, after analysing 96 previous studies of falsified and substandard medicines

The health department approves new breast cancer treatment without securing additional funding

A breakdown of figures shows that Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the most dangerous hospital in Gauteng, with 4‚320 incidents recorded of accidental ...

Under the present system patients are being subjected to treatments they don’t want because medical staff and families are scared of prosecution

Deal applies to SA and other countries that procure bedaquiline through Stop TB Partnership’s facility

The commission’s Buang Jones is concerned about the state of Jubilee District Hospital, where some people ‘spend the whole day without ...

The amount, paid in total to 134 claimants, has come from taxpayers’ pockets, but the DA says those ‘responsible’ for the deaths of 144 patients should pay ...