The industry task team on prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), which was established in May
2010, has concluded the first phase of its work.
Members of the task team have agreed to a code of conduct which will guide stakeholders in an
attempt to achieve full compliance with the PMB regulations prescribed in the Medical Schemes
Act (Act 131 of [...]

There are many tragic stories of how our nation’s public health facilities consistently fail the poor. We have heard of facilities overrun with mice, filth and squalor, of unavailability of bed linen and changing gowns for patients. The most recent shocker was news that surgeons at the Hospital were unable to proceed with [...]

summary of the 2009 recommendation of the U.S.

A FEW years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. When it came
time to decide about a mastectomy I wanted to see a picture – how
was it going to look?
I had imagined that because breasts are round, the surgeon would
make a circular incision and be left with a ring to close up. How would
that be [...]