Healthcare / General

Expert says cost of delivering hospital services almost the same for public and private hospitals

Delivering healthcare in public sector hospitals costs almost as much as in the private sector, delegates at the Hospital Association of South Africa’s (HASA) 2013 conference in Cape Town heard.

Medical schemes – the muddy truth

Perceptions rule in the medical aid scheme sector and it doesn’t take long for unsubstantiated facts which are used out of context to become a ‘universal truth’ that is accepted by everyone in the industry.

Severe Illness cover makes the road to recovery a little easier

A crisis of consciousness - are we making our children fat?

With October focusing on national obesity and nutrition, it is a sobering statistic to hear that currently there are 43 million children worldwide under the age of five who are already overweight or obese.