The civil rights organisation AfriForum today expressed concern regarding the huge number of medical legal claims against provincial health departments. Rapport yesterday reported that Kimi Makwetu, the Auditor General, concluded that these claims are much more in seven of the country’s provinces than the various departments’ industry budget for 2018/2019 and subsequently contain large risks..
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Huge number of ‘medical legal claims’ against health departments – just another sheer sign that the NHI is doomed to failure
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Medical negligence claims in public health sector rise by 25%
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The sorry state of the public health sector is reflected in the sharp rise in medical negligence claims against provincial health departments, increasing by around 25% per year between 2011 and 2016. Medical negligence claims rise by 25%. This is according to Kirstie Haslam, partner at DSC Attorneys who says that the Gauteng Department of..
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