{
  "id": 18490449,
  "title": "South Africa: Diabetes | Elderly Limpopo Couple Skip Diabetes Medication As Clinic Stockouts Strain Their Pensions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/south-africa-diabetes-elderly-limpopo-couple-skip-diabetes-medication",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:59:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611060217.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Health-e] Elderly couple travels between health facilities searching for chronic diabetes medication. When public facilities run out, they spend more than R1,000 on medicine at private pharmacies. Limpopo Health Department acknowledges medicine supply challenges.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Health-e News",
        "title": "DIABETES | Elderly Limpopo couple skip diabetes medication as clinic stockouts strain their pensions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/diabetes-elderly-limpopo-couple-skip-diabetes-medication-as-clinic",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:25:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}