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Red Cross Children’s Hospital

Not using seatbelts is killing kids, wrecking families and causing SA’s brain trauma crisis

South Africa

Not using seatbelts is killing kids, wrecking families and causing SA’s brain trauma crisis

By Don Pinnock

Undocumented Angolan mom fights to stay in SA to get specialist care for disabled son — judge orders minister to decide

Business Maverick

Undocumented Angolan mom fights to stay in SA to get specialist care for disabled son — judge orders minister to decide

By Estelle Ellis

‘I smile without showing teeth’ — we can fix cleft lip and palate, but need to banish the stigma too

Maverick Citizen

‘I smile without showing teeth’ — we can fix cleft lip and palate, but need to banish the stigma too

By Kholofelo Mphahlele

Qaqamba Cuba rides against the odds to boost Red Cross Children’s Hospital radio station

Maverick Citizen

Qaqamba Cuba rides against the odds to boost Red Cross Children’s Hospital radio station

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Festive joy and celebration delight CT Children’s Hospital patients

South Africa

Festive joy and celebration delight CT Children’s Hospital patients

By Samane Jnr Marks and Ziyanda Duba

Medical Day Zero - catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals

South Africa

Medical Day Zero - catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals

By Elsabé Brits

Still a way to go for sustainable paediatric palliative care models in South Africa

South Africa

Still a way to go for sustainable paediatric palliative care models in South Africa

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Cape Town communities are at war – what will it take to stop the senseless shootings?

South Africa

Cape Town communities are at war – what will it take to stop the senseless shootings?

By Peter Hodkinson, Itumeleng Molefe, Pradeep Navsaria, Sithombo Maqungo, Lea A Marineau, Megan Prinsloo and Richard Matzopoulos

South Africa needs more ethnic diversity in stem cell donor registries

Maverick Citizen

South Africa needs more ethnic diversity in stem cell donor registries

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Required internships with no pay put prospective neuropsychologists ‘between a rock and a hard place’

South Africa

Required internships with no pay put prospective neuropsychologists ‘between a rock and a hard place’

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

Cerebral palsy in South Africa — medical negligence is just one of many causes

South Africa

Cerebral palsy in South Africa — medical negligence is just one of many causes

By Elri Voigt

Playground swing collapses and cracks Langebaan boy’s skull

South Africa

Playground swing collapses and cracks Langebaan boy’s skull

By Vincent Cruywagen