A ‘golden ticket’ for health care
AS A form of settlement, cash-strapped health departments are opting to provide physical items or medical services to patients (golden tickets) who are successful with medical negligence claims in court.
Instead of handing lump sum cash payouts to successful claimants, some health departments are offering golden tickets.
A golden ticket entitles the holder to preferential medical treatment for all future visits to public hospitals, subject to certain conditions.
But experts are divided over whether health departments would honour such
