NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1444
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 07 JUNE 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 20)
Mrs S P Kopane (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
How many cases of litigation have been instituted against (a) his
department and (b) each provincial department of health due to negligence
allegedly caused by medical staff shortages in public hospitals in the (i)
2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13 financial years?
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REPLY:
There are no cases of litigation that have been instituted either against
the National or Provincial Department of Health due to negligence,
specifically allegedly caused by medical staff shortages in public
hospitals in the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 financial years.
We do have cases of litigation but none of them says it is specifically due
to shortage of staff in public hospitals.
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