A Pretoria GP has been found guilty by the Health Professions Council of SA of unethical conduct by disseminating false information about Covid-19 vaccines on Facebook.
Beeld reports that Dr Tros Bekker pleaded not guilty in his disciplinary hearing, but was found guilty on a charge of unethical and professional conduct. He wrote on his Facebook page that “doctors and nurses who administer the Covid-19 vaccine are murderers”.
The SA Medical Association reported Bekker to the HPCSA in January 2022, and he was fined R30 000, of which R10 000 was suspended for three years.
Bekker said he already paid the fine. “I am still entitled to my own opinion, based on facts, research and what I see working with my patients – and people who die,” he said.
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