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South Africa: Our disastrous doctors

Botched medical interventions by doctors from the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department resulted in R376 million being spent on lawsuits in 2008/2009 and R547m in 2009/2010.

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A Sunday Tribune investigation has established that the provincial health department has had to fork out millions to compensate patients due to negligence by public-sector doctors.

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