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How working in South Africa reinvigorated my love for medicine - Dr Michael Laurino
6 February 2012

"After a rather chequered career in general practice ranging from years of locum work, through salaried positions, two partnerships a Masters degree in Psychotherapy, I was beginning to regard myself as a bit of a failed state! Whilst ricocheting from one unsuccessful working relationship to another I would find myself once again feeling frustrated, bored and singularly uninspired." Read full story

Foreign doctors hold out a lifeline
6 February 2012

The Mail & Guardian wrote: "The South African healthcare system would not survive without the thousands of foreign doctors working in the country's hospitals." Read full story

Rapid Sequence - Dr Jay Matthew (Blog)
3 February 2012

Dr Jay Matthew is an emergency medicine practitioner with a special interest in pre-hospital and tactical emergency medicine. Read his amazing blog as he documents the cases he is faces with in a KwaZulu-Natal hospital. Read full story

New drive to prevent child mortality in South Africa
2 February 2012

"It is very worrying that a high number of our children die even before their 5th birthday. Sadly, many of these deaths are caused by diseases that are vaccine-preventable". Read the media release... Read full story