{
  "id": 17094793,
  "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-17094793",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T16:57:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/health/2026-10-29-meet-the-matriarch-of-pain-who-wants-to-change-how-sa-treats-patients/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pain is the leading reason people seek medical care, yet chronic pain remains widely misunderstood and mistreated. Physiotherapist and researcher Professor Romy Parker has spent decades transforming pain management in South Africa through education, multidisciplinary care, and science-backed self-management.",
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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."
}