Your health is by far your most prized possession and it is instinctive that you trust the opinion and work your health care provider does. However, from time to time health care providers can make mistakes, unfortunately, these mistakes can have a massive impact on the lives of the patient and in extreme cases, also cause their death.
If you have been treated ill by a health care provider, you can follow certain complaint procedures to ensure it doesn’t happen again. And, if your life has been adversely damages affected, you can also claim. The complaint procedures that must be followed to lay a complaint against a health care provider is very specific, but with the assistance of an attorney from Adele van der Walt Attorneys you can be sure that your complaint will not get lost in red tape.
The attorneys at Adele van der Walt all have ample experience in dealing with various types of medical complaints and will be able to provide you with expert advice and guidance.
The complaint procedures relevant to health care providers are managed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa and they have the authority to decide whether a case should go further specifically regarding unethical and unprofessional conduct. It is therefore very important that when you consult a health care provider that he or she is registered with the HPCSA as this is some of protection against unscrupulous or inexperienced health care providers. |
