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In emergencies, care should come first, not payment.

The idea of patients paying for an emergency bed before receiving urgent treatment raises serious concerns about access and fairness in healthcare.

In critical moments, delays caused by financial barriers or no beds can cost lives.

Emergency care should be immediate, accessible, and focused on saving lives, not affordability.

Strengthening systems that prioritize patients over payment is essential not banning or regulating essential medication especially for women and children.

Chinette Gallichan was a lawyer in mining giant, Sibanye-Stillwater’s labour litigation department. She was involved in several cases relating to wage payments and unfair dismissals.

She was killed while representing retrenched workers who were seeking compensation from a mining firm.

She graduated with a law degree from the University of South Africa and a postgraduate diploma in labour law with distinction from the University of Johannesburg.

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