These claims are due to alleged negligence at various public hospitals that resulted in the deaths of or injury to patients - and Bara is the worst
THE Gauteng health department last year revealed that it was facing 101 legal claims totalling R235-million.
These claims are due to alleged negligence at various public hospitals that resulted in the deaths of or injury to patients.
Soweto's Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere, tops the list with 26 claims worth R22.8-million.
Seventeen of these claims are due to alleged negligence leading to brain damage and cerebral palsy in newborn babies.
The highest claim at Chris Hani-Baragwanath is for R5-million for damages following the "death of a patient after treatment of a toothache and abscess in the gum".
The second highest number of claims is against Pretoria's Steve Biko Academic Hospital, with 12 claims totalling R16m, including a R4-million claim for allegedly stopping life support without the consent of next-of-kin, and a R2-million claim after a "wrong eye was operated on, resulting in blindness".
Gauteng faces R235m worth of claims
These claims are due to alleged negligence at various public hospitals that resulted in the deaths of or injury to patients - and Bara is the worst
THE Gauteng health department last year revealed that it was facing 101 legal claims totalling R235-million.
These claims are due to alleged negligence at various public hospitals that resulted in the deaths of or injury to patients.
Soweto's Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere, tops the list with 26 claims worth R22.8-million.
Seventeen of these claims are due to alleged negligence leading to brain damage and cerebral palsy in newborn babies.
The highest claim at Chris Hani-Baragwanath is for R5-million for damages following the "death of a patient after treatment of a toothache and abscess in the gum".
The second highest number of claims is against Pretoria's Steve Biko Academic Hospital, with 12 claims totalling R16m, including a R4-million claim for allegedly stopping life support without the consent of next-of-kin, and a R2-million claim after a "wrong eye was operated on, resulting in blindness".