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Doctor, father facing trial over botched g enital mutilation operation
A doctor in Egypt is to face trial for performing a female circumcision operation that killed a teenage girl, according to Maan News report....
KZN Health pays parents
Two sets of parents of children born with severe disabilities, due to medical negligence by state health workers when their mothers were in labour,...
SCA opens door to late suit
The Supreme Court of Appeal has paved the way for the Cameron Malcolm (26) to take his case to the High Court after he...
Council hears patient’s overcharging claim
Durban anaesthetist Dr Rajend Maharaj, accused by patient Prath Ramtahal of overcharging him for an eye-operation in 2011, yesterday appeared before a hearing of...
Scottish courts prepare for legal wave
Scottish courts are preparing for a wave of legal cases launched by women seeking damages following problems with v aginal mesh implants, with one...
Down Syndrome case could set legal precedent
A multi-million rand court case, in which a woman is suing a Cape Town hospital after its failure to diagnose her unborn baby’s severe...
Press must be barred from hearing says doctors’ lawyers
Lawyers for Press must be barred from hearing says doctors’ lawyers and Dr Kashasha Mwenda – who are appearing before a conduct committee for...
Claim about drinking during pregnancy to go before a UK court
A pioneering compensation claim on behalf of a child who was severely damaged by her mother’s heavy drinking during pregnancy is to go before...
Doctors take on hospital over implants
A firm of orthopaedic surgeons is embroiled in a legal battle with Mediclinic Newcastle Hospital over plans to stop them from supplying their own...
Police investigate NHS surgeon
British police have opened an investigation into the deaths of a number of patients who were under the care of a surgeon suspended from...