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Netcare, the country’s largest private hospital group, says it operates nearly 40 “sexual assault centres” nationally. It says it offers “free counselling to men, women and children immediately after a rape and for a year thereafter, irrespective of whether the rape survivor is medically insured or not. If necessary, anti-pregnancy medication and antiretroviral therapy are also offered.” But concerns have been raised about whether this service is everything it is made out to be or even accessible at some of Netcare’s listed facilities. On its website under the heading “Netcare sexual assault c…