Personalised medicine is set to revolutionise the manner in which patients are diagnosed and treated. It involves genetic testing and a consideration of an individual’s health risk factors and genetic information and tailoring medical treatment accordingly. Such testing could lead to quicker diagnosis and treatment, but it does not come cheaply. It is unclear whether
Demarcation regulations
Dependants can’t sue Road Accident Fund where breadwinner dies in single vehicle accident
By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on
The surviving wife and children of a breadwinner sued the Road Accident Fund for damages when he died as a result of a single vehicle accident in which the deceased’s negligence was the sole cause of the collision.
The court held that the Road Accident Fund does not provide such a remedy and no wrongfulness…
Laws amendment to accommodate demarcation regulations
By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on
The pending changes to the Medical Schemes Act and the Long-term and Short-term Insurance Acts to accommodate the demarcation regulations were made on 1 April 2017 including the new definition of ‘business of a medical scheme’.
The definition of ‘business of a medical scheme’ in the Medical Schemes Act 1998 makes it clear that if…