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The dangers of diagnostic error are obvious for both doctors and their patients, yet more needs to be done in the South African context for a more patient-centred approach in healthcare to emerge.

From a few thousand rands per month, medical indemnity cover has soared to over R1 million per annum for most health-care practitioners. But our medical specialists, specifically, should not be punished for making  themselves available to deliver babies or perform other high-risk procedures.

Genoa Underwriting Managers have brought a Shariah compliant solution through to the under-served Muslim contingent market in South Africa who make up an incredibly valuable portion of the medical malpractice space.

While it is believed that the South African government has enough supply to vaccinate the entire adult population, there is still widespread vaccine hesitancy and a perception that the vaccine trials were rushed and a fear of possible side effects.

Many doctors complain that they don’t have sufficient time to keep accurate records, but assuming this attitude comes at a price. If a patient decides to sue, a lack of appropriate record-keeping will mean the practitioner involved does not have the evidence to back him- or herself up in court.

Muslims make up about three percent of South Africa’s population of 60 million people. This equates to 1.8 million Muslims. Looking ahead, and with South Africa being a delightfully diverse place in which to live and do business, this figure is only likely to increase over time – making it important that the industry’s service providers are able to serve the needs of the Muslim community when it comes to the provision of short-term insurance.

There is no medical professional, ever, who said, “I’ll just sit here all of Friday afternoon and into the weekend completing my month-end invoicing, what fun!”

The decision to enter the healthcare profession is never taken lightly. In fact, most individuals who choose to work as a medical practitioner or specialist nurse will talk of an internal calling to do this kind of work.