NHI will benefit healthcare in SA
Dr E V Rapiti, who has his practice in Mitchells Plain, near Cape Town, says the NHI will benefit patients seeking treatment at public hospitals, including these at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, reoprts Times Live.
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Rapiti says that the gross inequity in healthcare delivery to the majority of South Africans makes it imperative that south Africa devises a solution that is equitable.
Rapiti says the idea for such a plan is not new. In fact, the idea for an NHI was mooted way back in the 1980s by all progressive health bodies in the country at the time, reports Times Live. Read more