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2019-05-27	Communique from the Rector and Vice-Chancellor to the University Community
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2019-05-14	Qwaqwa Campus is ready for graduations
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2019-05-13	Global body re-affirms UFS lab’s vaccine testing status
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2019-05-06	Mr Nikile Ntsababa appointed as Registrar of the UFS
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Life Healthcare presents its first lecture at the UFS

2008-02-19

The University of the Free State’s (UFS) Sports Medicine Programme presented the first annual Life Healthcare sports medicine lecture with Mr Mike Flemming, Managing Director of Life Healthcare, as guest lecturer. His lecture was on: "South African private health care - Asset or liability".

During the lecture a charter was presented to Mr Flemming for the Life Healthcare sponsorship of the Master’s Programme in Sports Medicine. The programme presents a masters degree in sports and exercise medicine for doctors, including specialised preventative and lifestyle care, medical care of the athletes and patients with chronic diseases.

At the lecture were, from the left: Mr Flemming, Prof. Teuns Verschoor (Vice-Rector: Academic Operations at the UFS), Dr Louis Holtzhausen (Programme Director: Sports Medicine at the UFS), Mr Lourens Bekker (Manager: Life Rosepark Hospital), and Dr Stephan Pretorius (master’s student in Sports Medicine).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

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