{
  "id": 17942032,
  "title": "BHEKISISA: Meet the ‘matriarch of pain’ who wants to change how SA treats patients",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/bhekisisa-meet-the-matriarch-of-pain-who-wants-to-change-how-sa",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-03T09:50:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-11-03-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.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}