Woman sues GPH for negligence
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Mathe Mosielele was on May 23, 2011 admitted at GPH for the total hip replacement procedure arising from the plaintiff having been diagnosed with arthritis. The defendants allegedly advised her that the operation is the only one available for someone in her condition. The GPH and Dr Probir Kumar Basu are the respondents. On May 24, 2011, the operation was performed as per the parties’ agreement.
The plaintiff was thereafter hospitalised for a further two months, as she still had not healed, that is in June and July having been admitted in May 2011.
It is also hurting that whilst we all know that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) is charged functionally with the duties to investigate all forms of crime, some locals have resorted to taking the law into their own hands. It is very wrong to do that. There is also a possibility that one may wrongfully take the life of a person in the process, unless it is a justifiable case of self-defence. Recently, in the city of Francistown, some locals found...