Dying to keep it together – hospice patients speak out
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When navigating death is part of the job
Nearly 500 palliative healthcare professionals paid rapt attention last month when top Pretoria social worker and grief specialist Dr Nelia suggested...
Chris Bateman
May 12, 2023
Supporting anxious ICU patients and families: Lessons from Covid-19
A ground-breaking counselling and communication model at the Life Vincent Palloti Hospital ICU in Cape Town in which eight counsellors supported 300...
Chris Bateman
May 8, 2023
SA should take better care of its dying – experts
Palliative care practitioners country-wide this week made a collective appeal to the Presidential Health Summit to take urgent action in budgeting...
Chris Bateman
May 5, 2023
Heroism in adversity - SA’s heart-rending rural health story
Despite the many challenges facing rural healthcare in South Africa, there are a few islands of rural excellence where healthcare professionals have...
Chris Bateman
May 2, 2023
SA’s viral hunt success bags big bucks
South Africa has achieved global genomic surveillance ‘powerhouse’ status after the discovery of the highly infectious Covid Omicron variant,...
Chris Bateman
Apr 28, 2023
Uganda takes the lead on malaria vaccines
As Uganda takes the global lead towards approving Phase Three malaria vaccine trials for the most vulnerable children between five months and five...
Chris Bateman
Apr 19, 2023
SA healthcare system akin to Eskom – health ombudsman
In an exclusive interview with AxessHealth after his recent shocking findings about the disintegrating Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in...
Chris Bateman
Apr 13, 2023
Remgro, Mediclinic batten down the hatches
It was ‘pass the buck’ time this week for the major players in South Africa’s largest hospital group acquisition in recent times with each pointing...
Chris Bateman
Mar 28, 2023
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