Namibia: Patient Sues Doctor for Alleged Botched Op

15 March 2013

A case in which a Windhoek resident is suing well-known surgeon, Dr Jeremy Nel, for negligence is set to appear in the Windhoek High Court for judgment on May 17.

Trevor Bezuidenhout is asking N$400 000 from Nel for pain and suffering and N$2 million for future loss of income. He contends that there was negligence on the doctor's part in attending to him after a hernia operation at the Windhoek Roman Catholic private hospital on September 11, 2007.

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