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Members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) marched to Parliament yesterday with a long list of demands to overhaul the health sector.The demands of the protesters were varied, and many: the immediate release of the white paper on the National Health Insurance; for vacancies to be filled; tighter regulation of medical aid schemes and private hospitals; a curb on rising medical aid premiums; a restructuring of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) board; an end to the "unholy alliance of the big private hospitals"of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) marched to Parliament yesterday with a long list of demands to overhaul the health sector.The demands of the protesters were varied, and many: the immediate release of the white paper on the National Health Insurance; for vacancies to be filled; tighter regulation of medical aid schemes and private hospitals; a curb on rising medical aid premiums; a restructuring of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) board; an end to the "unholy alliance of the big private hospitals" |
