Obese people are being killed by healthcare system

SA government hospitals must prioritise obesity as a disability

30 September 2021 - 08:56
By Elon Mogale

The SA healthcare system has taken many knocks for years — from incompetence to corruption — but there has been one constant conundrum throughout these phases, it is that obese people in SA are being killed by the healthcare system that is meant to care for them.

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