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Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babiesPriya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

30 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Vanessa Rogers 2 Dec 2020

Sports camera adapts well as surgical training tool

16 Nov 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

Covid-19 free hospital areas could save lives after surgery

Covid-19 free hospital areas could save lives after surgery

7 Oct 2020

It's a brave new (online) world... make your healthcare assets count

It's a brave new (online) world... make your healthcare assets count

Cingulate 29 Sep 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

#OnTheFrontLine: Bringing a smile to so many faces

#OnTheFrontLine: Bringing a smile to so many faces

Nicci Botha 4 Jun 2020

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Who decides whether surgery is necessary in a pandemic?

Philip Matley 19 May 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

Professor Farrel Hellig

Cardiologist demonstrates intricate procedure

4 Nov 2019

Workshop emphasises benefits of Nuss procedure for sunken chest deformity

Workshop emphasises benefits of Nuss procedure for sunken chest deformity

25 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

Giant strides forward in minimally invasive foot surgery

Giant strides forward in minimally invasive foot surgery

17 Sep 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#bhf2019conference: Doing better with less

Nicci Botha 26 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

16 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Lisa Swaine 3 Apr 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Isabella Epiu 27 Mar 2019

Maternal mortality is much higher in Africa than in high-income countries. Shutterstock

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

Bruce M Biccard 26 Mar 2019

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

7 Feb 2019

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UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

UCT body donor programme continues despite ongoing pandemic

30 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Vanessa Rogers 2 Dec 2020

Sports camera adapts well as surgical training tool

16 Nov 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

Covid-19 free hospital areas could save lives after surgery

Covid-19 free hospital areas could save lives after surgery

7 Oct 2020

It's a brave new (online) world... make your healthcare assets count

It's a brave new (online) world... make your healthcare assets count

Cingulate 29 Sep 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

#OnTheFrontLine: Bringing a smile to so many faces

#OnTheFrontLine: Bringing a smile to so many faces

Nicci Botha 4 Jun 2020

[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com

Who decides whether surgery is necessary in a pandemic?

Philip Matley 19 May 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

Professor Farrel Hellig

Cardiologist demonstrates intricate procedure

4 Nov 2019

Workshop emphasises benefits of Nuss procedure for sunken chest deformity

Workshop emphasises benefits of Nuss procedure for sunken chest deformity

25 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

Bizcommunity.com 27 Sep 2019

Giant strides forward in minimally invasive foot surgery

Giant strides forward in minimally invasive foot surgery

17 Sep 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#bhf2019conference: Doing better with less

Nicci Botha 26 Jul 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AfricaMonth: Saving trauma patients

24 May 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

Africa's first in-utero spina bifida repair

16 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Informed consent: The costly legal implications if it's not done right

Lisa Swaine 3 Apr 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Isabella Epiu 27 Mar 2019

Maternal mortality is much higher in Africa than in high-income countries. Shutterstock

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

Bruce M Biccard 26 Mar 2019

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

7 Feb 2019

A mother delivers via C-section in Mozambique. In South Africa, there’s no single reason for the climbing number of such procedures in the public sector but it could be proving deadly for mothers. (Shaun Swingler)

A changing birth: What's behind SA's skyrocketing C-section rates?

Laura Grant & Laura Lopez Gonzalez 10 Jan 2019

Many countries around the world can’t meet the demand for donor organs. Shutterstock

There are many complex reasons for South Africa's organ donor shortage

Harriet Etheredge 9 Jan 2019

An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

Pregnant women waiting to see a doctor at a hospital in Uganda. Shutterstock

Why improving access to surgery in childbirth makes economic sense

Isabella Epiu 3 Jan 2019

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

Invitation to bid

Invitation to bid

South African Nursing Council 10 Dec 2018

Osseointegration gives amputees more freedom

Osseointegration gives amputees more freedom

6 Dec 2018

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Surgery, not antibiotics, should remain first-line treatment for appendicitis

23 Nov 2018

New technology treats brain tumour.. remotely

New technology treats brain tumour.. remotely

8 Nov 2018

Surgical students battle with dexterity, thanks to screens

Surgical students battle with dexterity, thanks to screens

5 Nov 2018

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