While the public system suffers from too few resources, private doctors often give patients more medication than is safe, writes GroundUp director Nathan Geffen . I had surgery on my shoulder under general anaesthesia a few months ago. About one in seven ... See more
While the public system suffers from too few resources, private doctors often give patients more medication than is safe I had surgery on my shoulder under general anaesthetic a few months ago. About one in seven South Africans have medical insurance. I a... See more
The author was given all these pain medicines after a minor operation. (Identifying information has been blacked out.) Photo: Nathan Geffen I had surgery on my shoulder under general anaesthetic a few months ago. About one in seven South Africans have med... See more
Local companies to be asked to make foot-and-mouth disease vaccines Agricultural Research Council cannot meet demand, Minister of Agriculture tells Parliament Nathan Geffen | - Private companies are to be asked to make foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine... See more
The Agricultural Research Council has not sent foot and mouth disease samples to an international centre since January South Africa's cattle farms are in the grip of a foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic. In January, the Agricultural Research Council (A... See more