Relief as court orders Gauteng health department to immediately remedy cancer patient backlog
‘Your actions are unlawful and unconstitutional,’ court tells health department
28 March 2025 - 04:30
A scathing court judgment handed down by the Johannesburg high court on Thursday afternoon will offer some comfort to cancer patients on the backlog list who have been waiting for life-saving treatment while the Gauteng department of health has been conducting themselves “as a law unto themselves”. ..
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