Namibia: Court Dismisses Govt Defence in N$13m Medical Claim

A special plea raised by the government and the minister of health and social services has been dismissed in the Windhoek High Court.

This involves a case in which a woman is suing them for N$13 million after a piece of a needle was left behind in her body during surgery at a state hospital.

The special plea of the government and health minister, who claimed Windhoek resident Else Tsuxus filed a medical negligence case against them more than four years too late, was dismissed in a ruling delivered…