Luvuyo Mehlwana

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana |Ufrieda Ho |Biénne Huisman |Elri Voigt

The government took its first steps towards the implementation of the recommendation of Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector. (Photo: Bild von Tung Lam/Pixabay) News & Features26th February 2025 | Chris Bateman Medical aid schemes will be given collective power to negotiate prices, according to draft regulations published last week.

1 month ago | spotlightnsp.co.za | Tiyese Jeranji |Ektaa Deochand |Mbalenhle Baduza |Luvuyo Mehlwana

Professor Tulio de Oliveira. (Photo: Supplied) News & Features24th February 2025 | Biénne Huisman Cuts to United States spending on aid and medical research have caused widespread havoc and anxiety in the last month. Professor Tulio de Oliveira sat down with Spotlight’s Biénne Huisman to talk through what it might mean for health research in South Africa.

Oct 15, 2024 | healthformzansi.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana

Fearing for their safety, nurses at Booysen Park Clinic in Nelson Mandela Bay now work behind locked gates as patients are left to wait for hours outside after it suspended indoor queues because of an armed robbery. Booysen Park Clinic is one of several health facilities forced to operate in this manner as a result of armed gangs targeting healthcare workers and patients in Nelson Mandela Bay, which comprises the City of Port Elizabeth and the smaller towns of Uitenhage, Despatch and Colchester.

Oct 10, 2024 | spotlightnsp.co.za | Alicestine October |Elri Voigt |Luvuyo Mehlwana |Fatima Hassan

Even under NHI, South Africa will have to compete on the international market for often scarce and high priced supplies. (Photo: Tung Lam/Pixabay) Comment & Analysis11th October 2024 | Fatima Hassan The National Health Insurance Act does not deal with the systemic issues that cause high prices and inequity in medicine access, and government is not listening, argues Fatima Hassan.

Oct 10, 2024 | sowetanlive.co.za | Luvuyo Mehlwana |Werner Hills

Patients visiting Booysens Park Clinic have been forced to wait in the cold outside the clinic's perimeter fence after a robbery took place at the clinic. Mothers with young babies have to brave the cold with elderly patients having to sleep outside on the grass until it's their turn to be helped. A series of robberies at healthcare facilities in the Eastern Cape has disrupted services, with patients sometimes left waiting outside while clinics limit the number of people allowed in.