The HPCSA has subpoenaed a dental practitioner to attend a formal inquiry in September, where her “professional conduct” will be questioned relating to two children who died during procedures at Netcare Medicross Pinetown’s day theatre in February.
This follows her two-day suspension hearing at the end of May, reports The Sunday Tribune.
The cases involve a four-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy, both of whom died in the same month, and after formal complaints against the practitioner were lodged with the HPCSA.
The deaths caused Netcare to temporarily shut the medical facility’s theatre so that they could verify all operational patient safety measures through a thorough due diligence process.
Acting managing director of Netcare’s hospital division Dr Erich Bock said after a review of safety and operational protocols, the theatre was reopened for surgical procedures in June, and that the organisation was “profoundly shocked and saddened by these highly unusual tragedies”.
Sunday Tribune PressReader article – Medic’s professional conduct in question (Open access)
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