We also look at government’s planned National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. The NHI Bill promises to make good healthcare available to everyone. But will the scheme escape the clutches of corruption?
In 2021 Gauteng health department accountant Babita Deokaran was shot dead after uncovering a web of fraud at Tembisa Hospital. We spoke to the journalist who continued her fight against health corruption.
We also delve into the ways patients and health workers falsely claim money from medical aids in the private healthcare sector and how schemes try to curb it.
Authors: Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Mohale Moloi, Yolanda Mdzeke, Thatego Mashabela, Ruan Visser and Justin Barlow