South Africa's Department of Health will oppose DignitySA's court application to legalise medically assisted dying - MAiD  in the country. The  Non-profit organisation's, lodged an application on April 9th at the North Gauteng High Court in the country's capital Pretoria, asking the court  to declare the current blanket common-law prohibition unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid on this medical practice. Thuto Ngobeni has the report...

<p>South Africa's Department of Health will oppose DignitySA's court application to legalise medically assisted dying - MAiD &nbsp;in the country. The &nbsp;Non-profit organisation's, lodged an application on April 9th at the North Gauteng High Court in the country's capital Pretoria, asking the court &nbsp;to declare the current blanket common-law prohibition unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid on this medical practice. Thuto Ngobeni has the report...</p>