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In South Africa we have one of the most progressive Constitutions that protect us. One of the aspects of the Constitution that is outstanding is our health care services rights. As a patient in the South African health care system, whether in the private or public sector, you have a number of rights and if these are prejudiced and you have suffered damages you have recourse.
If your health care rights have been prejudice, at Adele van der Walt Attorneys we will be happy to assist you. One of the biggest contraventions of health care services rights is not receiving emergency medical treatment at your closest hospital, even if you don’t belong to a medical scheme. By law, any hospital or clinic must provide you with treatment so that you are stabilised and then only transferred once your condition is conducive for transfer to a state facility.
Furthermore, you are also entitled to these rights:
- A safe and healthy environment
- Participation in the decision making process of your disease and treatment
- Your health care treatment must include the following:
- Treatment and rehabilitation
- Counselling
- Palliative care
- A choice of services
- Health information
- Confidentiality and privacy.
If you have not received the care you are entitled to, speak to us, we are passionate about keeping health care services rights sacred, the way they should be.
For more information on this subject, please give us a call at 012 460 3668 (SA)
or e-mail us at linda@avdw.co.za
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