Behind SA’s medical malpractice billions
On top of coping with the demands of the pandemic, state doctors have to deal with an increase in legal claims
09 December 2021 - 05:00
Medicolegal claims against the state have doubled, from R37bn to R74bn, over the past five years, further eroding Covid-affected health care and threatening specialities.
Insurance premiums against adverse events in obstetrics and gynaecology and neurosurgery now surpass R1m a year. Specialists in these disciplines, especially obstetricians, are seeking less litigious climes, retiring early or consulting to related medical fields...
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