by Chandré Blignaut | Nov 18, 2020 | Featured, SAJGO
High-tech hope for Eastern Cape cancer patients Installation of LINAC first for the province 17 November 2020, Port Elizabeth: There is renewed hope for cancer patients in the Eastern Cape who need treatment for difficult to reach tumours, with the installation of a...
by Chandré Blignaut | Oct 2, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJGO
1 in 28 SA women affected by breast cancer Detecting breast cancer through mammograms increases survival Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer amongst women in South Africa, affecting 1 in 28 women,1 and in urban communities the incidence is as high as 1 in 8...
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...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, News, PNT, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJGO, SAJS, WHSA
Indemnity outfit boosts State surgical rescues Johannesburg – A local insurer of healthcare professionals, EthiQal, has donated R240 000 to Operation Healing Hands, OHH, a non-profit-organisation set up to relieve the overwhelming burden of surgery in the public...
