The value of keeping proper written records of explanations, discussions and advice leading to the informed consent to avoid protracted legal proceedings for both doctors and patients...
Lisa Swaine 3 Apr 2019
A probe by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has led to the arrest of a prominent attorney in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, relating to fraudulent medico-legal claims estimated to be over R100 million.
26 Feb 2019
Legal claims against the department now amount to more than half of some provincial health budgets. Less money now will only mean more claims later...
Daniel McLaren 21 Feb 2019
Government has announced a series of interventions in an effort to curb the rise of medical negligence claims against the State...
21 Feb 2019
At any given time, there are around 4,300 people waiting for organ donations in South Africa. These patients usually need new livers, kidneys, lungs or hearts. But organ donors are in very short supply...
Harriet Etheredge 9 Jan 2019
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2018 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Legal site over the past year below...
18 Dec 2018
Jiankui He, an associate professor of bioengineering who is currently on leave from Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, China, has claimed to be the first to successfully bring to life two genetically-edited twin girls, Lulu and Nana. The objective was to prevent the twin baby girls from acquiring HIV infection by modifying their genes...
Daniel Mak 5 Dec 2018
It's no secret that a small number of 'big names' dominate the private healthcare and medical aid industries...
28 Nov 2018
Last year, medical aids lost at least R15-R20bn of total private healthcare industry spend to fraud...
Paul Midlane 14 Nov 2018
The media recently reported on the case of Durban boy whose life was saved after his paediatrician went to court, on an urgent basis, to approve life-saving blood transfusions for him...
Donald Dinnie 13 Nov 2018
According to Kirstie Haslam, partner at DSC Attorneys, the proposed State Liability Amendment Bill will have dire consequences for medical malpractice claimants...
31 Oct 2018
Throughout the world, legal cases against pharmaceutical companies that manufacture medical devices such as implants for treatment of specific conditions are on the increase, as patients are not always properly informed about how the device works...
Martha Smit and Daniel Mwale 25 Oct 2018
Nursing malpractice has resulted in a significant rise in civil claims against private hospitals...
24 Oct 2018
A comprehensive B2B Recruitment Focus from December 2018 to February 2019 will ensure that Bizcommunity is the go-to destination for all the B2B news you'll need to plan your HR and recruitment strategies in 2019...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018
