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Delict [2025] ZAGPJHC 500

YM obo LM v Member of Executive Council, Health, Gauteng Province (58672/2021)

YM obo LM v Member of Executive Council, Health, Gauteng Province (58672/2021) [2025] ZAGPJHC 500 (22 May 2025)

Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
58672/2021
Judge
PJ Du Plessis

The High Court found the defendant 100% liable for a newborn’s hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, holding that delayed intervention and poor monitoring were negligent.

  • Medical Negligence
  • Causation
  • Birth Asphyxia
  • Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury
  • Standard Of Care
  • Cerebral Palsy
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