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In a landmark decision handed down by the Bhisho High Court this past week Judge Rob Griffiths ruled that the Eastern Eastern Cape Health Department must care for a patient they injured.

  • Daron Mann
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Thobeka Jantjies is continuing her battle with the provincial health department, claiming negligence at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane in 2002 left her paralysed after a tooth extraction.
Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in East London Thobeka Jantjies is continuing her battle with the provincial health department, claiming negligence at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane in 2002 left her paralysed after a tooth extraction. Picture: File

In a landmark decision handed down by the Bhisho High Court this past week Judge Rob Griffiths ruled that the Eastern Eastern Cape Health Department must care for a patient they injured.

The precedent-setting decision could free the EC Health Department from making crippling cash payouts to settle negligence claims in future.

Spokesperson for EC Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth, Mkhuluhli Ndamase, reflects on the implications of this ruling in the latest edition of THE DAILY DISPATCH IN DISCUSSION WITH DARON MANN