Will Smith excites fans with verse on Joyner Lucas’ tribute remix
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
Will Smith appears to have returned to the rap game following his latest release – The rapper turned actor recently jumped on the remix to a tribute song a rapper had made some months ago –
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The rapper, Joyner Lucas who is also a fan, shared the remix on his Instagram page, leaving fans excited.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Hollywood actor/rapper, Will Smith recently left fans excited as he once again showed he is just as good an actor as he is a rapper. Two months after the rapper, Joyner Lucas made a tribute song to the superstar known for his legendary role as Will in the sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air, it appears Lucas made quite an impression.
Smith may have loved the song so much that he decided to do a remix with Lucas. The rapper shared the exciting news with his fans and followers. Below is the song: Upon release in March, the song Will left quite the impression on Smith, who posted the video on Instagram along with a message in which he shared how “humbled and honoured” he was. It’s been more than 15 years since Smith dropped his last album, Lost and Found, but the 51-year-old hasn’t lost the skills that helped him win the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989. While he’s prioritized acting over the last few decades, recent years have seen him periodically dip back into music.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The release of Will remix has left many music lovers excited. See how fans have reacted to the new release.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
Covid-19: Traditional healers want African health organisation
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The Traditional Healers’ Organisation has urged the government and African leadership to unite – The group wants to forge an African health organisation that embraces traditional medicine –
Many feel that traditional medicine should not be ignored in the battle against Covid-19
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The Traditional Healers’ Organisation has called on the South African government and African Union leaders to create an African version of the World Health Organisation. Traditional African medicine, in the organisation’s view, should be embraced and the relevance of indigenous remedies should not be cast aside amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the popularity of African medicines increasing in South Africa, the use of Umhlonyane or Artemisia is skyrocketing amid the outbreak. While the World Health Organisation has cautioned against untested medicines, it has made funding available to pursue research into this area.
Illovuonline news reported that Madagascar had begun producing and distributing its own traditional remedy for the coronavirus, to mixed reception amongst leaders. Nevertheless, traditional healers have encouraged the government to consider their value in the fight against the virus. SABC reports that Phepsile Maseko weighed in on the matter, pointing out that numerous universities are carrying out research in this regard. “As the Traditional Healers Organisation, we are saying that communities in Africa should come together and put pressure on governments to ensure that within the AU at least, we have our own African health organisation.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
We took 24 medicinal plants and one of the plants in that was Umhlonyane of course. We were able to reduce the list of plants to 8 in the laboratories, in the university of Free State. But we are not happy that the Department of Health keeps dragging its feet – we would like to see them putting money into this programme.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
Thickleeyonce has made it on Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty influencer list
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Thickleeyonce is one of Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty influencers.
Talk about levels! From SA to the world, plus-size model Thickleeyonce is going to be a Savage x Fenty influencer.
Even though the country is under lockdown with not much to do, this hasn’t stopped celebs like ‘Leeyonce from securing the bag and being recognised.
On Friday, the plus-size model took Twitterville by surprise when she announced she’s been made as an influencer for American singer Rihanna’s sexy lingerie range called Savage x Fenty.
thickleeyonce@ThickLeeyonce
My US agency just got me on the SAVAGE x FENTY influencer list. I’m so excited
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Speaking to illovuonline news, ‘Leeyonce expressed great excitement about being an influencer for such a major brand.
“What it means is that I am one of Savage x Fenty’s influencers who aren’t really ambassadors. Every month, I will be getting in their underwear and posting pictures of myself in the sexy merchandise.
“What I love about this deal is that I get to push my message of body positivity. I love how diverse they are with their range. I get to work with them through my agency.”
Leeyonce said it was very important for her to align herself with brands that are “truly and genuinely” diverse because that’s what she was all about.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
“I love to align my brand with brands that manufacture sizes that are for small and plus-sized women. I like that women of my size can also look and feel sexy in the sexy underwear.”
She said making it on the list made all the hard work she’s been doing with her “body positivity” brand worth it.
“It’s a pair up for all the hard work I have done all these years. It’s a validation of the message that I’ve been educating about women loving their bodies regardless.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
“Securing the bag is important but it’s equally important to make sure I live up to what I have been about all these many years.”
‘Leeyonce said Mzansi will see her in the sexy Savage x Fenty range as soon as next week.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
“Y’all will get to see me in it next week. I’m going to be in really sexy underwear that I will be shooting indoors because we are under lockdown. I will be the one taking most of my pictures seeing as I am a photographer and I know my beauty and what I want my picture to translate.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
KZN rape suspect who allegedly lured victims with job offer on Facebook arrested
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
A 29-year-old man was arrested in Inanda north of Durban on Saturday morning in connection with five rape cases.
A 29-year-old suspect was arrested by the Inanda Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) in the early hours of Saturday in connection with five rape cases in which the assailant lured his victims through a job offer on Facebook.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The arrest, in the Ngoqokazi area, north of Durban, was the result of “meticulous investigating skills coupled with a lot of hard work and around-the-clock suspect-tracing efforts”, police said.
“Five cases of rape with the similar modus operandi had been reported at the Inanda police station from June 2019 to April 2020. The victims alleged that they had met an individual on Facebook who had promised them a job at a tuck shop.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
“Once the desperate female shows interest in the vacancy the suspect would then direct them to take a taxi from where they are to Durban and from Durban to Inanda.”
Detectives endured long hours and sleepless nights trying to locate where their target stayed in Inanda, police said.
“Finally their hard work paid off. On Saturday morning at about 00:50 the suspect was finally cornered in a house at Ngoqokazi hiding inside a drum. He was arrested, charged with five counts of rape and will appear at the Ntuzuma magistrate’s court on Monday,” police said.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
They added that investigations were still ongoing and there was a possibility that the suspect could be linked to more rape cases.
“Women who were violated under the same modus operandi and who are yet to report to the police are urged to come forward and do so.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The lockdown has peeps bored and looking for trouble at each corner. Cassper Nyovest once again found himself trending after na innocent complementary tweet saw people jumping to concluding that Cassper Nyovest is gay.
The rapper, posted a an appreciation post aimed at Maps Maponyane where he complimented Maps’ looks. Read the tweet : “Mfanaka mara o charmer boy witsi. Even behind a mask!!!! No shem, jealous down!!! Re rute!!! O tlhapa ka sepa sefeng mpinch??? . Loosely translated, Cassper Nyovest admired Maps Maponyane’s looks and asked for tutorials on how he “does” it. He ended by asking Maps which soap he bathes with.
However, macho tweeps were quick to conclude that Cassper Nyovest is gay and questioned why a man would compliment another man. They argued its an unwritten rule that a man should not compliment another men lest they are gay.
Cassper Nyovest was however having none of it and addressed the nation, defending his statement. Cassper said men who are comfortable with their sexual orientation shy away from complementing each other and they see it as being ‘gay’. He said he is comfortable with his sexuality and he does not mind being called gay
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
He further said, if a person is hot they are hot. Tweeps reacted to his tweet.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Koloi from Skeem Saam has been making major waves in the soapie world.
Tshepo Senatle is a South African actor popular for his role as Koloi from Skeem Saam. The 23-year-old who grew up in Ottosdal, North West, almost gave up his dreams of becoming a popular actor and ended up being a panel beater in the hopes of making ends meet.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Koloi from Skeem Saam said it was during his panel beating days that he got the call that changed his life forever. The call led to his big break into the acting industry, and now he’s known as Koloi on one of the biggest shows on TV, Skeem Saam. In the SABC1 show, he is a high school learner.
Retelling his story, Koloi from Skeem Saam said he grew up in a community that did not consider acting a career.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Koloi from Skeem Saam
“I was surrounded by people who would say ‘I am ridiculous’ when I dreamt big. It is then I realised my dream was really big for where I grew up.” In 2016, with only a bag full of clothes, he took a taxi to Johannesburg
“At the time my grandmother, Ousisi, was working as a domestic worker in Northcliff. But I could not stay with her in the backroom she had at her workplace. I asked to stay with friends from back home who were in Johannesburg,” he recalls.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Since he started working on Skeem Saam, he feels really good about what the future holds. “I must be honest, I just love my job. I love what I do,” he says.
He is the breadwinner at home, his gogo is back home in the North West and he has to support her, his mother and his three siblings, Tshepiso (17), Ali (13) and Anes (10). “It is fulfilling to do this and be able to support my family too.”
Meanwhile, Skeem Saam viewers had watched over the past few days as a limping Koloi was chased by a lion and feared the real life escaped lions may have come to “finish Koloi off”.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Koloi and his friends had got up to mischief during a school trip and struggled to find their way to the bus.
He injured his leg on the way, which made things worse when they spotted a lion coming their way.
Koloi managed to outrun the lion, but his friend Jonas was not so lucky.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
Zuma : Leaders predecessors is what breeds African dictators
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: Supplied
Zuma believes African dictators like the late Muammar Gaddafi are created because of fear of persecution should they leave office.
Former president Jacob Zuma believes the cause of dictatorships in Africa is leaders persecuting their predecessors when they get into office.
Zuma was talking about Africa in episode 6 of the Zooming with Zumas, a YouTube reality show hosted by his son Duduzane.
According to Zuma, if heads of state were left to be when they retire, many would not be tempted to overstay their welcome in office.
His theory is that many African dictators emerged because of fear of persecution should they leave office.
Zuma himself had resisted leaving office when the ANC recalled him in 2018 after the victory of President Cyril Ramaphosa at the party’s elective conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg in December 2017.
His resistance was however short-lived as he finally gave in to pressure and resigned when the ANC threatened to remove him through a parliamentary process.
Zuma is currently preparing to answer in the corruption and fraud trial against him which, however, does not relate to his time as head of state but to the arms deal in the late 90s.
NEWS
Furthermore, Zuma believes former African heads of state must be well taken care of when they retire to avoid breeding dictators.
By this, he insinuates that some become dictators due to an obsession with the perks, comfort and benefits that come with the position of head of state.
“There are things that we need to get rid off, for example in Africa, this business that a president who had been in office when the other comes in, they persecute the other one which has led to people wanting to stay in power forever,” said Zuma.
“We have to avoid that, it is not good for Africa.
“Even those who leave , there must be sufficient care taken for them, because if care is not taken for them when they leave, that could also influence them to say ‘why do I go when I can stay’ so that causes difficulties.”
Zuma was concerned that Africa economically was still at the mercy of “former colonisers”, saying he had long advocated for African countries to preside over their natural resources without the help of European countries.
NEWS
However, his generation had played its part by liberating the continent and now was the time for the youth to take over the baton and run with it.
Zuma lauded his former wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, for laying a good foundation for the next generation to take over when she was African Union (AU) commission chairperson.
“When we had Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the chairperson of the AU [commission], she actually brought in fresh air in that organisation and the vision was clear,” said Zuma.
“I think we have begun to move only that a new kind of energy from the young people is needed.”
For half of the episode, Zuma took the time to boast about how connected he was with heads of state, former and present, both in Africa and across the world.
Some he “knew very close but some not so close” while others were “great friends of mine”.
Among those who got a special shoutout in the “great friends” category were Russian President Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, as well as former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
Deputy President David Mabuza has kept a low profile and mostly out of the news since the coronavirus outbreak.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
Roaring trade as villagers cash in on umhlonyane as Covid-19 ‘cure’
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Thulani Ncanywa, wearing a cap, and his cousin Mzodumo Makhuphulo are some of the villagers selling umhlonyane, or African wormwood, along the N2 near Butterworth in the Eastern Cape.
The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a new business venture to some villagers in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
They are doing a roaring trade in Artemisia afra – commonly known as African wormwood or umhlonyane (in Nguni) and lengana (Sotho) – the same herb that is a major ingredient in a so-called Covid-19 cure Madagascar produced. A small bunch of this herb harvested in the hills sells for about R15 in the Eastern Cape.
Sontoyi Nyembezi from Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, is selling a 500ml bottle for R100 and said business was booming.
“I have sold more than 250 bottles in Mpumalanga. There are orders from Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng and other provinces,” Nyembezi said.
She said as an African country, Madagascar’s idea needed the support of the continent, even though South Africans have used the herb for hundreds of years to treat flu and similar ailments.
While traders sold the traditional medicine along the N2 – between East London and Mthatha – the Mthatha CBD and other areas in the Eastern Cape, others are couriering it to Gauteng and the Western Cape, both hard-hit by Covid-19.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Limpopo authorities, however, yesterday warned against the selling of lengana on the streets, saying people would rather harvest it for personal use at their homes.
Well-known traditional doctor, Dr Sylvester Hlati, has expressed concern about possible over-harvesting that can lead to the herb being wiped off in some areas.
Decades ago, the African wormwood used to be part of the range of plants in household gardens in SA. But now is mainly found in the veld.
The herb is reputed to also treat loss of appetite, colic, headaches and intestinal worms. It can be boiled and drunk when cool, or it can be inhaled through steaming treatment.
One fan of the traditional remedy is SA Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, who made a full recovery after contracting the virus.
Vavi posted a video in which he claimed to have used it as a home remedy by steaming himself.
The World Health Organisation has warned that the Covid-Organics infusion, which Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has touted as a remedy against the deadly coronavirus, saying it has not been clinically tested.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Four cousins – Sibongile Mvubu, Masilinde Pasiya, Mzodumo Makhuphula and Thulani Ncanywa of Ndabakazi Komkhulu village near Butterworth – are also vendors of the herb.
Ncanywa, a first-year business management student, said: “We heard from radio comments that umhlonyane could assist in calming Covid-19, and saw a business gap. The Madagascar story gives hope for African traditional medicine and the indigenous knowledge system.
“Since we started selling umhlonyane on April 22, we wake up as early as 5am and go collect fresh herbs in the forest and then go to spots along the N2 where we sell it. I have been using umhlonyane for many years, so have my parents, like our ancestors. This is the first time we have sold it.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
He said at first they made as much as R1,700 a day, but returns had been decreasing as more vendors entered the market. An unemployed couple, Sibongile Kotase, 50, and Nonkumbulo Dadlana, 48, are vendors at Tholeni village.
Dadlana said: “We heard on radio that umhlonyane might assist in treating Covid-19. We are unemployed and struggling to feed our family, so we are making use of the opportunity to earn some money out of this natural herb.”
Health minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Twitter last week that Madagascar had contacted SA to help research whether the indigenous plant was a possible treatment for the new coronavirus.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Traditional Health Practitioners’ Organisation general secretary Solly Nduku said: “I can confirm umhlonyane has helped with flu as far back as the 1800s, during the time of the Spanish Flu of 1918 and also after World War II in 1946. But… we are not claiming that umhlonyane cures coronavirus. There is no such scientific evidence at present.”
SA to help Madagascar find out if indigenous plant can fight Covid-19
The government says it will help Madagascar with research into whether an indigenous plant can “cure” Covid-19
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
New policies clarify who must pay for Covid-19 tests
By: illovuonline news team
16-05-2020
Image: supplied
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
People covered by medical schemes no longer have to pay for negative Covid-19 tests done in the private sector, as long as they are referred by a doctor or nurse.
A Covid-19 test administered by Pathcare, Dischem, or Ampath costs about R850 and it takes two to three days to get a result. A test through the state-owned National Health Laboratory Service is free to the patient, but the backlog for results is about a week, GroundUp reported.
On 15 April, the Council for Medical Schemes ordered that Covid-19 testing should be seen as a prescribed minimum benefit minimum benefit (PMB), which would mean it would be covered by medical schemes. But the definition was ambiguously worded:
“All cases of Covid-19 are regarded as prescribed minimum benefit (PMB) conditions, and should be funded in full in line with the current National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) guidelines as published. In line with clinical protocols and benefit guidelines, this should cover:
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
All consultations;
All clinically appropriate diagnostic tests including Viral PCR (polymerase chain reaction, the most widely used method of testing in South Africa);
All clinically appropriate medication; and
Costs of hospitalisation, including all complications and rehabilitation.”
Medical schemes interpreted this to mean that coverage applied only to confirmed cases. As a result, all medical schemes decided that positive Covid-19 tests would be paid for by the scheme but negative tests would be paid for from a member’s day-to-day account, or, if that account was exhausted, out of the member’s pocket.
But on 8 May, following an amendment to the regulations under the Medical Schemes Act, the council published an update to the PMB definitions. Now, if the patient has been screened by a health care worker, and is referred for testing by that healthcare worker, the test will “be funded from the risk benefit irrespective of the … result”.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
However, medical scheme members are not yet out of the woods. Some patients coming to hospital for elective surgery, who have been told to get a Covid-19 test before admission, will have to pay for their own testing. Medical schemes will not pay for these tests if the patient has not been screened and referred by a health care worker, and patients at some hospitals are expected to pay for the tests themselves.
On 7 May, Netcare CEO Dr Richard Friedman issued a communiqué to staff in which he said patients must pay for their own tests before admission for surgery.
“The spread of Covid-19 in our facilities by asymptomatic staff and patients remains the most significant risk we face and the most difficult to mitigate. To this end we are insisting that all patients are tested for Covid-19 prior to admission… The cost of the Covid-19 test is the responsibility of the patient or visitor.”
“Patients attending oncology outpatient treatment (chemotherapy or radiation) at a Netcare hospital or treatment at a dialysis unit will be required to provide proof or their Covid-19 status on a weekly basis with effect from 15 May.”
If a patient is tested and found positive, said Friedman, the patient “will be required to self-isolate until such a time that a negative test result is obtained, provided that the delay does not negatively impact the clinical outcome. If admission is absolutely required, the patient will be admitted into the red zone at the appropriate level of care.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
The South African Renal Society (SARS) warned that many dialysis patients would not be able to afford the test.
“Dialysis patients are a vulnerable group consisting mainly of unemployed dependents and low-income earners. The majority will not be able to afford weekly Covid-19 PCR tests,” said the society in a letter to Netcare on 8 May.
“Moreover, it is practically impossible … for them to obtain weekly tests since the laboratories are requesting upfront payment or pre-authorisation … Preventing patients from accessing dialysis treatment based on their inability to afford testing would be discriminatory and unjustifiable on medical and ethical grounds. Nephrologists have expressed universal condemnation of this approach. In comparison, other dialysis providers have not introduced such restrictions.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Momentum medical scheme executive Damian McHugh said that Momentum disagreed with Netcare’s decision to place the costs of mandatory testing onto the patient, saying that Momentum felt that Netcare ought to shoulder at least some of that cost burden. McHugh said that schemes and hospitals should distinguish between people who go for testing voluntarily without a basis for believing that they have Covid-19, and those who are compelled to undergo testing.
Other medical schemes said the question was still being discussed. Lee Callakoppen, principal officer of Bonitas, told GroundUp that negotiations with the hospital groups were continuing. Dr Ryan Noach, CEO of Discovery Health, said: “We are currently in active discussions with the hospitals and healthcare professionals, as well as appropriate specialist advisors, to determine appropriate pre-admission policies.”
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Fedhealth said the scheme would not pay for negative tests unless “clinical reasoning” deems it appropriate that patients are tested, in which case, the tests would be “funded according to scheme rules and benefit structures”.
In the case of dialysis or oncology, Fedhealth would pay. “Where a patient is diagnosed with a confirmed PMB oncology diagnosis, and they require testing as part of treatment progression … these will be covered. This is because the patient has been confirmed to actually have the diagnosis.”
Dr Charl van Loggerenberg, GM of emergency medicine at Life Healthcare, said all patients would be screened before entering the hospital.
“In the majority of cases, the admitting doctor will request patients to be tested for Covid-19 prior to their admission – even if they are not displaying any symptoms. Patients at mental health, rehabilitation, oncology, or dialysis facilities would now require testing.
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
“Testing will be funded where indicated by the patient’s medical scheme according to scheme rules,” he said.
Dr Stefan Smuts, chief clinical officer of Mediclinic Southern Africa, said all patients coming in for elective procedures had to show a negative Covid-19 test.
Emergency admissions would be tested on arrival while for repeat patients, such as those in need of dialysis, “baseline testing will be performed with daily symptom checks and routine screening prior to a patient re-entering the facility.”
GroundUp asked Netcare for further comment but after two days, the group had not replied. This article will be updated when comment is received
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
If you haven’t subscribe, Just do it for daily updates: NewsCeleb NewsUpdateCovid-19 NewsSA Newsbusinesses NewsLocal& National
Stay up to date and stay healthy. Subscribe to 🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/ for important updates on the spread of the coronavirus.
#fightcovid-19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve
🇿🇦🌍https://illovuonline.news.blog/
Subscribe 🇿🇦
We Give You All The Information You Need 🇿🇦🌍 Local & National
News put South Africa first
https://illovuonline.news.blog/ 