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Counsel for the Appellant : MA Jacobs instructed by Vijay Kooblal and Associates. Counsel for the Respondent : CJ Pammenter SC and JS Moodley instructed by the State Attorney, KwaZulu-Natal. 35

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Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (Kwazulu-Natal)

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South Africa

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Right to health

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Progressive realization
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Constitutional Court of South Africa

Date: Nov 27, 1997

Summary: In this case, the appellant requested an order by the court that the failure to provide the appellant with renal dialysis was a breach of s.27 of the South African Constitution, which protected the Right to Health. The court declined to make such an order, holding that the state was justified in not providing such treatment due to resource constraints.

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Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (Kwazulu-Natal)

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