Former Middelburg, Mpumalanga, maternity sister Mirri Bridger (53) has sued the Life Healthcare Group for R2m for alleged incorrect treatment and the wrong medication following an acute asthma attack in 2009. A Pretoria News report says Bridger approached the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria), saying she could no longer work after she was rendered disabled.

She claimed damages for future loss of income as well as for the trauma and suffering she said she had suffered due to the ‘incorrect treatment’.

The nursing staff apparently intubated her, or attempted to so, which caused her to suffer an induced coma.

She remained in a coma for 22 days. She also suffered a lung infection and was placed on a ventilator.

The hospital group has now agreed to settle the matter before the court heard any evidence on whether staff were in fact negligent or not. It agreed to pay Bridger 50% of the damages she could prove that she had suffered.

But the medical group made it clear in the agreement that it did not admit any liability or wrongdoing. One of the clauses of the settlement included that she may not disclose the terms of the settlement.

Full Pretoria News report