{
  "id": 12573525,
  "title": "South Africa: Medical Negligence Costs Billions, but SA Still Can't Measure Patient Harm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/south-africa-medical-negligence-costs-billions-but-sa-still-cant",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T06:52:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610070199.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Health-e] Medico-legal liabilities stand at R57.6-billion. SA cannot reliably measure patient harm. Staff shortages and missed warning signs put patients at risk.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Health-e News",
        "title": "Medical negligence costs billions, but SA still can’t measure patient harm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/medical-negligence-costs-billions-but-sa-still-cant-measure-patient",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:55:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}