The two doctors said there was nothing wrong with using traditional medicine if someone was directed by a traditional healer.
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Traditional healers, who have graduated as medical doctors have struck a balance between western and traditional ways of healing, especially for cancer patients.
Last year, KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane said most black people sought traditional help after being diagnosed with cancer as they believed the illness was a consequence of certain ancestral traditions not having been performed.
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