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J&J makes third attempt to resolve $10bn talc settlement
Opponents have accused Johnson & Johnson of “vote-rigging” in its latest efforts to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder causes ovarian cancer.
On Tuesday,...
US pain clinics made millions from unnecessary jabs, court hears
A multi-state pain management company – once among America’s most prolific users of what it referred to as “tendon origin injections” – administered thousands...
US sperm donor to 180 children slammed by Welsh judge
A British judge has warned of the dangers of unregulated sperm donation, after a man claiming to have fathered more than 180 children tried...
Kidney removal patient wins negligence case
A man who was shot in the lower back five years ago and endured lifesaving surgery – but then subsequently, had to remove his...
Court orders RAF to pay medical aid claimant’s past expenses
In a win for Discovery Health after lengthy legal wrangles, a Western Cape High Court has ruled that a previous judgment “did not change...
French surgeon on trial for sexually abusing hundreds of children
The biggest child abuse trial in French history will open in Brittany this month amid anger that a surgeon was allegedly able to attack...
Healthy babies aborted after scan misdiagnosis in new NHS scandal
An investigation has found that two British couples each made the decision to have a healthy foetus aborted because they were wrongly informed that...
Surgeon, hospital sued after wrong organ removed
An Alabama, USA widow is suing an inept doctor – with a history of errors – and a hospital for killing her husband by...
Mother, baby die as doctors watch YouTube to perform C-section
A bereaved husband has described how a medical team at Lebechi Hospital in Owerri, Nigeria, reportedly watched a YouTube tutorial while performing a Caesarean...
UK mesh victims still awaiting compensation
British women harmed by pelvic mesh implants are still waiting for government compensation a year after a call for urgent action by a major...
Health professionals penalised for yelling at patient, sexual harassment …
The latest rulings by the Health Professions Council of South Africa's misconduct inquiries include penalties for sexual harassment, shoddy post-operative treatment, and yelling at...
Finally, first payments agreed for listeriosis victims
Tiger Brands has reached an agreement with Richard Spoor Inc and LHL Attorneys to advance the first payments to listeriosis victims with urgent medical needs...
No evidence Lucy Letby killed babies, says panel of experts
Former British nurse Lucy Letby, currently serving 15 life terms behind bars, is the victim of “one of the major injustices of modern times”,...
Claim against UK firm for defective hip device can be heard in SA – judge
A British-based company has lost its legal bid to evade liability for installing a defective hip replacement system into a South African patient, with...
Pfizer to cough up $59.7m over drug kickbacks
Pfizer has to pay $59.7m to resolve charges that a company it acquired defrauded Medicare and other healthcare programmes by paying kickbacks so doctors...
Family sues after patient’s face catches fire in surgery
The wife of a US man whose alcohol-swabbed face caught alight during surgery has filed a $900 000 lawsuit against the hospital.
John Michael Murdoch,...
HPCSA rules against forensic psychologist over Donovan Moodley profiling
A preliminary inquiry by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has found profiler Professor Gerard Labuschagne guilty of unprofessional conduct and fined him...
Headache clinic doctor back in court
Headache specialist Dr Elliot Shevel (81) appeared in court on a murder charge last Friday for the death of his patient Marinella Avvakoumides after...
Judge slams attorney for mishandling cerebral palsy case
The “unprofessional” conduct of an attorney contributed to the failure of a mother’s medical negligence case against the Eastern Cape Health MEC, a judge...
Woman (83) loses claim against orthopaedic surgeon
The Northern Cape Court (Kimberley) has thrown out a woman's claim against the orthopaedic surgeon who performed her total hip replacement a decade ago,...
Police liable for damages after diabetic's death in detention
The SAPS has to fork out damages to the family of a man they arrested on suspicion of being drunk but who was actually...
US doctor accused of sexually exploiting 10 children
A Florida doctor faces life in prison after being accused of sexually exploiting minors online and in video chats, including directing them to harm...
Partner pleads guilty to role in OxyContin scandal
A former partner at the well known global consulting company McKinsey & Co pleaded guilty last week to obstructing justice by destroying records related...
Beverly Hills doctor accused of raping unconscious woman
A physician in Beverly Hills has been accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in Los Angeles, and charged with eight felony counts including...
Gauteng Health MEC fails in bid for researcher to disclose patient data
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an application by the Gauteng Health MEC for University of Stellenbosch researcher Dr Regan Solomons to hand over...
Clinic cleared of blame for pregnant woman’s death
An internal investigation by the Gauteng Department of Health into the death of a 32-year-old expectant mother, who died at Westbury Clinic last month...
Nine years of chemotherapy for non-existent cancer
In a horrific story of apparent profit over humanity, a US oncologist subjected patients to years of unnecessary mental, emotional and physical anguish by...
NHS doctor struck off for ‘outlandish‘ Covid jab theories
A senior NHS psychiatrist who questioned the safety of Covid vaccines, saying they were “at the heart of a giant deception”, has been struck off the...
UK doctors, nurses with long Covid sue NHS
Hundreds of British doctors, nurses and other health workers with long Covid – many of them now housebound or unable to work – are...
Medico-legal lawyer disbarred for stealing millions from disabled children
Disgraced attorney Zuko Nonxuba – under whose watch R188m in medical negligence payouts to severely disabled children disappeared – has been declared unfit to...
SA doctor fails to overturn US prison sentence for opioid script fraud
After a six-year legal battle, Afzal Beemath, a medical doctor from South Africa, has failed to set aside a prison sentence in America, where...
US man wins $412m payout in penile jab malpractice case
In a record-setting lawsuit, jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412m in a medical malpractice case linked to penile injections...
Judge scathing of neurosurgeon's report in R10m brain damage claim
A judge has slammed expert witnesses and turned down a R10m damages claim against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in which it was claimed...
Law firm accused of stealing millions from disabled child
A Durban legal firm has denied stealing millions of rands that were intended to be deposited into the trust account of a child born...
Health Department sued after twins swopped at birth
The Department of Health in Gauteng is being sued for millions after somehow splitting up twin girls after their birth, swopping one of them...
Ombud probes acquittal in disabled child payment hearing
An investigation is to be launched by Legal Services Ombud Judge Siraj Desai into why a disciplinary committee appointed by the Legal Practice Council...
Health Department boosts medico-legal mediation training
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed that just a handful of officials countrywide are trained in medico-legal mediation – none of them in Limpopo – but...
US doctor gets 190 years for fatal IV bag tampering
A Texas anaesthesiologist has been sentenced to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid...
Acclaimed French plastic surgeon suspended
A top plastic surgeon dubbed the “nose maestro” by the French press has been suspended from practising after patients claimed he “mutilated” them, with...
Patient sues Algerian author for allegedly using her story in novel
An Algerian woman has sued the winner of France’s biggest book prize, claiming he based his story on her, using confidential information from when...