HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi criticised personal injury lawyers on Monday, accusing them of creating a national crisis, with doctors scared of certain specialist areas due to the rising number of costly lawsuits. The government is faced with contingency liabilities amounting to R25bn for medical malpractice lawsuits, according to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, while doctors in the private sector are battling to keep up with steeply rising premiums for professional indemnity cover…..more and more