Why are the Medical Legal Claims Against the State on the Rise – Infographic
• The Free State Department of Health is currently faced with over R1.3 billion worth of unpaid registered medical legal claims, calculated from 2015/16 to 2018/19. • At the current annual rate of 8% with which the payments made are increasing, the department is projected to pay a further R141 million from 2019/20 to 2021/22 for legal claims.
