Missed Warning Signs and Nursing Failures Drive South Africa’s Medico-Legal Issues

This report highlights that basic nursing failures such as missed warning signs, poor patient monitoring, and unqualified intensive care staff are major contributors to catastrophic patient harm in South Africa. Emeritus Associate Professor Ethelwynn Stellenberg from Stellenbosch University emphasized these issues at a recent conference, linking them to the rise in medico-legal claims.

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