Patients have restricted access to life-saving treatment due to limiting medical schemes | Citypress

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Cancer patients who were funded by private medical schemes were forced to go through protracted and complicated administrative processes before receiving the treatment recommended by their oncologists

The study found that even though 16% of South Africans could afford private medical schemes, they were not guaranteed of receiving the cancer treatment prescribed by specialists due to its exorbitant costs.Support independent journalism

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