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Medical Miracles

Riveting stories about everyday South Africans and the innovative medical teams that have brought about miracles to help them.

About the Producer:

Barbara Friedman is an award winning investigative journalist working for many years in television on current affairs show 3rd Degree, Judge For Yourself, and as an enca news correspondent. She moved on to produce and direct true-life South African crime documentaries for the Fox Crime Africa series Case Files Africa and now works as an independent journalist and producer.

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Mechanical heart device saves a ten-year-old boy

Mechanical heart device saves a ten-year-old boy

Philasande Dladla, the first child on the continent to undergo a lifesaving operation, receiving a Heartware Valve Assist Device.

Fibroid embolisation to save lives of millions of South Africa women!

Fibroid embolisation to save lives of millions of South Africa women!

Hear about a truly groundbreaking - and life changing - treatment that kills fibroids, with minimal invasion.

Mechanical hearts and the heart valve assist device

Mechanical hearts and the heart valve assist device

For decades the world focused on donor heart transplants as the solution for a failing heart. That was until the HVAD came along!

Affordable IVF fertility treatment and healthy babies for HIV positive couples

Affordable IVF fertility treatment and healthy babies for HIV positive couples

How the Gynecology and Obstetrics unit at Tygerberg Hospital is offering affordable IVF to couples.

Life saving bone marrow transplants

Life saving bone marrow transplants

How SA's Bone Marrow Registry's ‘military style’ operation gets bone marrow from donor to patient in the crucial 72 hour window.

The world's first penile transplant successfully carried out in SA

The world's first penile transplant successfully carried out in SA

The partner of a young man who received the first donor penis soon fell pregnant and their got their first child.

How robotic surgery is being used to cure prostate cancer

How robotic surgery is being used to cure prostate cancer

Learn about a groundbreaking procedure from the Cape giving prostate cancer sufferers renewed hope.

How a toe-to-thumb transplant changed a man's life

How a toe-to-thumb transplant changed a man's life

A horrific accident sliced off a large part of a Cape Town man’s hand, leaving him with only one finger. Enter Dr Nick Kairinos...

How micro premature babies are being given a fighting chance

How micro premature babies are being given a fighting chance

Premature babies born sub 25 weeks are known as micro prems. Dr. Ricky Dipenaar specialises in the care of these tiny babies.

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#BusStrike: The attitude of the employers has not been helpful - Satawu
#BusStrike: The attitude of the employers has not been helpful - Satawu

Wage negotiations between bus drivers and their employers appear to be fruitless as the strike nears the end of its second week.
Christo Wiese sues Steinhoff for R59 billion
Christo Wiese sues Steinhoff for R59 billion

Companies in Wiese’s Titan Group lodged the claims, relating to investments made in Steinhoff. Bruce Whitfield interviews Wiese.
How to avoid business owner burnout (or how to overcome it if it’s too late)
How to avoid business owner burnout (or how to overcome it if it’s too late)

The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Aurik Business Accelerator founder and small business guru Pavlo Phitidis.
5 ‘rules’ to consider when investing (and why cash is not king)
5 ‘rules’ to consider when investing (and why cash is not king)

The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Galileo Capital Personal Financial Advisor Warren Ingram.
EWN Headlines
Still no deal reached in national bus trike talks
Still no deal reached in national bus trike talks

The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union says employers are standing firm on their wake offer of 9% for 11 months for the first year and then 8% for the second.

Sanef sends condolences after passing of Naidu & Jadoo
Sanef sends condolences after passing of Naidu & Jadoo

Aldrin Naidu and Yudhna Jadoo both passed away on Wednesday. Naidu was a seasoned entertainment writer and playwright while Yadhna was the news editor for 'The Citizen' newspaper.
Christo Wiese calls for forensic probe into Steinhoff
Christo Wiese calls for forensic probe into Steinhoff

Christo Wiese has announced that his Titan Group is suing Steinhoff for R59 billion to recover money invested in the company in 2015 and 2016.
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