South Africa is now home to more than 90 trained medical mediators, but there’s not much work to go around – yet.
Medical malpractice litigation is preventing young doctors from entering high-risk fields of medicine.
Almost a year after the first complaints were filed with the HPCSA about Dr Dube, the Limpopo doctor’s medical licence has been stripped.
Due to the high costs of litigation medical negligence claims could bankrupt a future NHI, say experts.
A R25-million payout, the highest ever in South Africa, has been awarded to an 11-year-old girl brain damaged after a series of botched operations.