There are 588 civil law suits involving cases of negligence that the Mpumalanga Department of Health is currently facing. The nature of the cases differs from maternity, orthopaedic, head injury, circumcision etc. The nature of each case, institution where it occurred and the value of the claim, is attached as an Annexure. Please note that what is regarded as the value of each case is actually contingent liability, i.e it is the money that the litigant is claiming. The actual value can only be determined after the case has been settled in court or by mediation as the case may be.
Annexure A: Number of civil law suits involving cases of negligence in the Mpumalanga Department of Health.
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