{
  "id": 4830281,
  "title": "Health Department moves to calm fears over medicine shortages, packaging changes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/health-department-moves-to-calm-fears-over-medicine-shortages",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-01-health-department-moves-to-calm-fears-over-medicine-shortages-packaging-changes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Health has assured South Africans that medicine supplies in the public health sector remain stable, despite concerns about shortages and changes in the appearance of some medicines.",
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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."
}