Cape Times reports that a Kraaifontein resident whose fiancée died in hospital on Monday after a collision on the N1 near Klapmuts on 3 June is holding the Health Department responsible for her death.  

Carol Mostert and her fiancé, Johannes Pretorius, were travelling on the N1 when a car driven by medical intern Ilne Markwat collided with their bakkie, after she allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel due to having worked a very long shift.  Markwat died on the scene, while Mostert was critically injured.  Pretorius was also injured in the collision and spent two weeks in hospital.  Pretorius blames the Health Department for Mostert’s death because he believes doctors should not be allowed to work such long hours as they currently did.  He intends to sue the state.  The Junior Doctors Association of SA (Judasa) said the organisation remained steadfast in its call for safe working hours for all health professionals.

• Read this report by Sandiso Phaliso in full at Cape Times

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