A.D obo L.D v Member of the Executive Council for Health Eastern Cape (505/2021)
A.D obo L.D v Member of the Executive Council for Health Eastern Cape (505/2021) [2024] ZAECBHC 3 (19 March 2024)
The court found that the medical staff at Bisho hospital failed to provide the plaintiff and L with proper medical care and did not deliver L by caesarean section within one hour of the decision to operate, as required by the maternity care guidelines. The risk factors for obstructed labour were known from admission, yet no arrangements were made to ensure the hospital could perform a caesarean section at any time. The plaintiff was not transferred timeously to a facility with the necessary resources, and the delay directly resulted in L being born in a compromised state and suffering cerebra…
Source excerpt
- Medical Negligence
- Causation
- Maternal Care Guidelines
- Cerebral Palsy
- Expert Evidence
- Hospital Liability