Palliative care
Dr Michelle Meiring, who founded Paedspal in 2016 to provide palliative care for children with incurable illnesses, is stepping down as CEO after 10 years to focus on full-time work at the University of Cape Town. She reflected on her career from the HIV/Aids pandemic to current initiatives. Meiring announced a new Paediatric Palliative Care Centre of Excellence in Cape Town, with R50-million funding from Cipla South Africa.
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Spain's Interterritorial Council of the National Health System postponed approval on Thursday of a new euthanasia good practices manual, at the request of Madrid's health counselor Fátima Matute. The document, technically agreed with the autonomous communities, included abbreviated processing for urgent cases. Instead, a new palliative care strategy was approved.