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South Africa: Covering doctors have an immediate legal duty of care to patients

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By Deniro Pillay on October 2, 2018

A doctor who covers for a colleague has an immediate legal duty to care for his colleague’s patients whilst on call.

This was recently confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa in a case where a doctor…

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