by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJGO
New hope for SA cancer patients JOHANNESBURG, September 2020 – The approval of a breakthrough cancer medicine for a wider range of conditions offers renewed hope for South African patients battling this dreaded disease. KEYTRUDA® previously used to treat metastatic...
by Chandré Blignaut | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJGO
New treatment provides hope for advanced ovarian cancer patients Breakthrough HIPEC procedure can improve quantity and quality of life Johannesburg, 16 March 2020 – The South African medical community has made important strides in treating ovarian cancer in the...
by Chandré Blignaut | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJGO
Eradication of cervical cancer in the next century? HPV vaccine can potentially eliminate cervical cancer by 2120 Cape Town, 4 March 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) and experts in the field are hopeful that cervical cancer will go the way of smallpox...
by Chandré Blignaut | Oct 28, 2019 | Featured, SAJAA, SAJGO, WHSA
Five golden rules to reduce patient harm or risk Johannesburg – Talk to any doctor who’s faced litigation from a patient or their family, following an adverse event, and they’ll tell you how emotionally exhausting the process is. Risk reduction in medicine or...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, News, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJGO, WHSA
Will NHI worsen SA’s medico-legal nightmare? How a medical malpractice public/private partnership can reduce State’s medico-legal exposure and improve health care outcomes. With the draft NHI bill silent on an estimated R98 billion in state medico-legal claims, public...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured, JEMDSA, News, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJCN, SAJGO, SAJS, WHSA
Systems harm patients more than doctors Hospital Association of South Africa A culture of “name, blame and shame,” in medicine drastically reduces the potential for system changes to improve patient safety, the Hospital Association of South Africa’s...
