{
  "id": 16999804,
  "title": "Meet the ‘matriarch of pain’ who wants to change how SA treats patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/meet-the-matriarch-of-pain-who-wants-to-change-how-sa-treats-patients",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T02:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bhekisisa",
    "slug": "bhekisisa",
    "url": "https://bhekisisa.org/article/profiles/2026-10-29-meet-the-matriarch-of-pain-who-wants-to-change-how-sa-treats-patients/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pain is one of the primary reasons people seek medical care. Yet it’s barely taught and poorly treated. Physiotherapist Romy Parker has spent two decades trying to change that. The post Meet the ‘matriarch of pain’ who wants to change how SA treats patients appeared first on Bhekisisa .",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}