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Victim of mesh failure in pain as COVID-19 blocks access to treatment
Sandile Mbili
Victim of botched surgical mesh implant warns against the high-risk procedure.
Gauteng doctor ‘brings the beauty back into medicine’
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Dr Ellenore Meyer is the lynchpin for multiple community-based and person-centric care programs in Tshwane, and uses clinic services for the greater good.
#Helpafriendout: Community-led project centres nutrition needs
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“Growing up, I used to help my grandparents with their small garden where we grew flowers, cabbage and spinach. That’s where I developed an interest in farming,” says Amogelang Moroba, chairperson of the Soshanguve-based organisation #Helpafriendout.
Covid-19 research insights excite
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Scientists are hard at work learning everything there is to know about coronavirus – and their research could lead to breakthroughs in preventing the spread of Covid-19, reducing mortality rates and improving treatment regimes.
Parents devastated over Covid-19 cases in EC school
Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
Over 200 positive Covid-19 cases have been identified in a boarding school in the Eastern Cape, much to the worry of parents whose children attend the school.
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