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Mother wins damages claim for son, 8 after doctor operated on wrong knee

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October 14, 2025

A MOTHER described how happy she was to see her then 8-year-old son coming out of the theatre, because finally the long-awaited operation on his deformed knee was done - only to discover that the doctors had operated on the wrong knee.

- ZELDA VENTER

Mother wins damages claim for son, 8 after doctor operated on wrong knee

A MOTHER won her damages claim against the Limpopo health authority after a doctor operated on his wrong knee, leaving him with even more medical problems than before.

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The mother, who is not identified to protect her minor son, told the High Court in Polokwane that she cried tears of joy when she first saw her son. This was before she had realised that the doctors had operated on the right knee instead of the left knee.

She subsequently instituted a damages claim against the Limpopo MEC for Health as she argued that the doctor who performed the wrong operation on her son at the Lebowakgomo Hospital was negligent.

The boy, only identified as O, underwent a surgical procedure called femoral supracondylar osteotomy on his right knee instead of his left. A doctor at the hospital initially diagnosed O as having "anterior ligament instability".

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