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The funding of healthcare in South Africa is a highly contentious issue, which involves a variety of stakeholders. While Government is planning their National Health Insurance (NHI) model, private healthcare providers and medical aid schemes are watching in anticipation to determine how it will affect them. In the interim, it is business as usual.
Dr Simon Moyes, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Wellington Hospital in the UK is considered conservative. This has no bearing on his political proclivity rather the ‘25% strike rate’ in his orthopaedic practice. It refers to the number of patients who consult Moyes and end up under the knife – or more accurately – the arthroscope during key-hole surgery.
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Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund, Dr Bobby Ramasia, explains the difference between a hospital plan and health insurance and how GAP Cover fits in.
Far too many consumers are confused between the terms hospital plan and health insurance. This is not made any easier by the fact that health insurance is available in two forms – GAP Cover and hospital insurance. Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund, Dr Bobby Ramasia,explains the difference between a hospital plan and health insurance, and how GAP Cover or hospital insurance fit in.
Could stem cells, the building blocks of our bodies, be the key to future regeneration and healing of our damaged bodies?
Buchu, which grows naturally only in the Western Cape, has revealed a remarkable little molecule that could be the answer to the world’s latest threat – superbug infections.