Litigation arising from medical negligence have continued to witness an incremental trajectory in the contemporary South African medical jurisprudence. As the number of claims continue to rise, so also does the financial expense in the form of cost of litigation on the part of the litigants and damages paid by the healthcare personnel and government agencies in successful cases. Such expense, however, palls into oblivion when compared with the reputational damage attendant such negligent conducts on the parts of both the healthcare personnel and the healthcare institutions. On the positive side, however, is that the growing instances of such claims have brought to the fore the need to interrogate the reasons and seek solutions with a view to attaining a more efficient health service delivery system in the country.

由医疗过失引起的诉讼在当代南非医疗法理学中继续见证了一个渐进的轨迹。随着索赔数量的不断增加，诉讼当事人的诉讼费用以及成功案例中医护人员和政府机构支付的损害赔偿金也随之增加。然而，与医护人员和医疗机构的这种疏忽行为所带来的声誉损失相比，这样的费用几乎被遗忘了。然而，积极的一面是，越来越多的此类索赔案例凸显了调查原因并寻求解决方案的必要性，以期在该国实现更有效的卫生服务提供系统。