Gastroenterology

Health Minister Joe Phaahla has just announced that a total of 37 state hospitals will be exempted from loadshedding from today as health institutions struggle to deliver...

As the impact of the continuing rolling blackouts in the country continues to wreak havoc in hospitals and other health institutions, the Hospital Association...

The failure of Health Squared, which applied for liquidation last month and now under curatorship, has demonstrated the importance of medical scheme financial soundness...

Image: Prof Stephen Jeffrey, a urogynaecologist practising at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, recently conducted the first robotic assisted sacrocolpopexy in a private healthcare facility...

Medical device and pharmaceutical marketing code representatives will be meeting with the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) as a collective shortly to finalise...

Currently, there are an estimated 6000 - 8000 rare diseases, which affect 350 million people worldwide. One such rare condition is Gaucher Disease (GD)...

Here are some of the articles MedBrief Africa readers found the most interesting in the past week

20 October 2022

Legal review of current health care matters*The Pretoria High Court handed down a welcome judgement on 26 August 2022 regarding the funding of Elaprase...

Covid measures may eventually boost TB control https://medbriefafrica.co.za/covid-measures-may-eventually-boost-tb-control/ Murder anniversary, specialist arrest* prompts specialised medico-legal input plea https://medbriefafrica.co.za/murder-anniversary-specialist-arrest-prompts-specialised-medico-legal-input-plea/ Health Ministry issues warning about ‘overstated’ Omicron BA.2.75 message https://medbriefafrica.co.za/health-ministry-issues-warning-about-overstated-omicron-ba-2-75-message/ Health Squared...

A recent survey has shown that almost nine out of 10 doctors are concerned about facing an investigation following an adverse patient outcome during...

Solutions to overcoming the Africa’s health challenges are multifaceted and include health systems strengthening, committed leadership, human resources (quality and capacity), improving quality, and...

By Dr Andrew Good, Co-founder Southern Africa Outcome Measurement and Reporting Conference (SA OMRC) The all-important 2nd Annual Outcome Measurement and Reporting Conference (OMRC) will be...

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has given notice that Health Squared Medical Scheme has been placed under provisional curatorship effective from yesterday, Thursday, 8 September...

A significant proportion of mortality risk is associated with poor nutrient food intake explained by the level of food processing Diets high in ultra-processed food,...

More than 90% of medical service providers (MSPs) indicate a negative impact of preauthorisation on patient clinical outcomes, the results of a survey conducted...

The recent announcement by Health Squared medical scheme that it would be applying for voluntary liquidation and that all healthcare cover to its members...

It has now become quite obvious that the availability of big data within the medical field and its utilisation through the field of machine learning and artificial...