Oppelt v The Head: Health, Department of Health, Provincial Administration: Western Cape

Case No. Lower Court Judgments Hearing Date
CCT 185/14 Western Cape Division, Cape Town, 21 Nov. 2012
SCA, 25 Sept. 2014
26 Feb. 2015

By Duncan Wild on 30 December 2014

This case involves a determination of whether the conduct of certain health care workers employed by the Western Cape Department of Health acted wrongfully and negligently in failing to treat Mr Charles Oppelt with a certain procedure within 4 hours of his injury, leading to his paralysis.

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