by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured, Journals, News, SAFP, SAJAA
Getting to grips with occurrence-based professional indemnity cover South Africans are becoming increasingly aware of their rights when it comes to medical malpractice, explaining some of the increases in the number and size of claims against doctors. Taking...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 18, 2019 | Featured, News, SAFP, SAJAA, SAJGO, WHSA
Will NHI worsen SA’s medico-legal nightmare? How a medical malpractice public/private partnership can reduce State’s medico-legal exposure and improve health care outcomes. With the draft NHI bill silent on an estimated R98 billion in state medico-legal claims, public...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured, JEMDSA, News, PNT, SAPJ
Newly forged partnership set to revolutionise disposal of hazardous medical waste in SA Tech and know-how combines to deliver sustainable healthcare risk waste management The safe and effective management of healthcare waste emanating from hospitals and other...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured, JEMDSA, News, PNT, SAFP, SAJAA, SAPJ, WHSA
Medical industry duty of care: onerous, but necessary A recent study on the state of medical waste management in rural South Africa has revealed that areas of the country are underprepared to deal with multiple forms of potentially-hazardous materials. If left...