Luxury maternity hospital closes down

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

Cape Town’s Origin Family-Centred maternity hospital files for liquidation only five months after opening to the public.

Hospitals to reveal quality of services?

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

Private hospitals could soon publicise their success and failure rates - a move that will help consumers compare their performance.

‘Pharma giants fear losing monopoly’

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

A supplier of generic medicines in Cape Town says pharmaceutical companies’ objections to draft legislation to amend patent laws boils down to their fearing losing ...

Call to tax super rich

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

Civil society organisations and trade unions believe the super rich should pay a tax to fund the National Health Insurance (NHI).

Health minister’s NHI trauma, tears

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi underestimated the time it would take to lay the foundation for the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.

NHI plan worries schemes

Sipokazi Fokazi|Published

The introduction of the national health insurance (NHI) plan, provisions of prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) for medical aid members and increasing health-care ...