3D-printing technology could lead to research breakthrough in blinding illnesses
03 Jan 2023
Scientists from the National Eye Institute
(NEI) have recentlycreated eye tissue using patient stem cells and 3D
bioprinting to better understand the mechanics underlying blinding
illnesses. The method makes it possible to research degenerative
diseases like age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other retinal
illnesses using a theoretically limitless supply of patient-derived
tissue.
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‘Health infrastructure backlog quantified’
03 Jan 2023
It is “indisputable” that public hospitals need infrastructure
maintenance and investment, admitted Health Minister Joe Phaahla in
Parliament”. –
BusinessLive (30 Dec 2022)
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Global pandemic isn’t over yet, warns Health Department
03 Jan 2023
The National Health Department warned that while Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted, the pandemic is far from over.
DoH
spokesman Foster Mohale, said that, although restrictions have been
removed, people should not let their guard down by not vaccinating as
deaths are still prevalent, reported
IOL (2 January 2023)
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Day hospitals finally starting to catch on
03 Jan 2023
“The shift to day hospitals has been long in coming, but they are finally starting to catch on,” wrote
Jaco Visser in
Financial Mail (22 Dec 2022).
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Health Minister’s comment provides ‘some comfort to medical scheme industry’
15 Jun 2022
Health Minister Joe Phaahla’s comment that NHI will be implemented
step-by-step - gradually phasing out the role of medical schemes in the
private sector - should provide some comfort to these private healthcare
services, according to Business Day (15 June 2022)
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Activists demands change in intellectual property laws
10 Nov 2021
Activists from Fix the Patent Laws Campaign (FTPL) urged government
to change intellectual property laws to allow more people to access
lifesaving medicine for serious ailments such as cancer, HIV, Covid,
tuberculosis, mental health and diabetes.
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Vaccination slashes Covid deaths and ICU stays
10 Nov 2021
Bloomberg reported on 9
th November
that an Australian study found that people who are fully vaccinated are
16 times less likely to end up in intensive care wards or to die from
Covid-19 than those who have not been immunised.
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COVID-19: The big wave is coming
09 Jun 2020
“It is only a matter of time before the rest of South Africa
reaches the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases currently being
experienced in the Western Cape, experts warn,” reported City Press (7 June 2020).
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