Tired SA doctors botch operations
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May 3, 2010, Monday
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OVERWORKED South African doctors are prone to botched surgical operations and in some instances have left gloves and scissors in patients' bodies after operations, the Sunday Independent newspaper reported yesterday.
The paper's investigations showed such acts of negligence have cost the state over 1 billion rand (US$135.5 million) in lawsuits in the last two years, prompting Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi to seek investigations into what lay behind them.
"We have heard about cases in which operations have been done on patients and they had surgical gloves, or in some cases, scissors left inside them, both in private and public hospitals," the Sunday Independent quoted Fidel Hadebe, Mostoaledi's spokesman as saying.
South Africa Medical Association chairman Norman Mabasa said that even if all doctors in the private sector were put into public hospitals, South Africa would still fall short of World Health Organization guidelines.
The paper's investigations showed such acts of negligence have cost the state over 1 billion rand (US$135.5 million) in lawsuits in the last two years, prompting Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi to seek investigations into what lay behind them.
"We have heard about cases in which operations have been done on patients and they had surgical gloves, or in some cases, scissors left inside them, both in private and public hospitals," the Sunday Independent quoted Fidel Hadebe, Mostoaledi's spokesman as saying.
South Africa Medical Association chairman Norman Mabasa said that even if all doctors in the private sector were put into public hospitals, South Africa would still fall short of World Health Organization guidelines.
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