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  "id": 12592736,
  "title": "Medicine supply crisis hits Gauteng public hospitals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/medicine-supply-crisis-hits-gauteng-public-hospitals",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-07-medicine-supply-crisis-hits-gauteng-public-hospitals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Gauteng Health has admitted that medicine supply challenges are affecting public healthcare facilities across the province, with supplier delays, procurement bottlenecks and contract changes putting pressure on the availability of some medicines.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}