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Calls for specialised medical courts as top surgeon hit with more charges
Health professionals groups have called for specialised medical courts or alternative processes to deal with criminal charges against medical professionals, saying such allegations should...
Prone position shows benefits for patients with respiratory distress – global meta-analysis
COVID-19 patients can develop hypoxaemic respiratory failure, potentially necessitating hospitalisation for supplemental oxygen or ICU for mechanical ventilation, and although most will have mild...
KZN surgeon’s murder charge triggers new alarm among doctors
As predicted by medical and legal experts, South African prosecutors appear to be increasingly inclined to bring murder charges against doctors whose patients die...
The need for medico-legal reform: A welcome chance to speak up
Medical Protection Society (MPS) recently submitted comments in response to the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) ‘Discussion Paper 154 – Project 141: Medico-Legal...
Look to Scotland and New Zealand on criminal liability of doctors, urge experts
South Africa should legislate a higher threshold, as found in the Scottish law and in the New Zealand legal system, to findings of recklessness...
Accused paediatric surgeon Dr Peter Beale struck from HPCSA register
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has confirmed that paediatric surgeon Professor Peter Beale, accused of being responsible for the deaths of two...
Culpable homicide charge added to surgeon Peter Beale’s murder/fraud case
An additional charge, this one of culpable homicide, has been added to the existing murder and fraud charges of paediatric surgeon Professor Peter Beale...
Call for SA Law Reform Commission review on criminal charges against doctors
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has called on the government to protect patient safety by committing to a SA Law Reform Commission review on...
Fresh criticism of 'dysfunctional' HPCSA after Ramdhin debacle
Yet another collapsed Health Professions Council of SA disciplinary hearing has brought new criticism of an organisation that a ministerial task ream six years...
Culpable homicide case against Beale moved to High Court
The culpable homicide case of Dr Peter Beale has been moved to the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) and the case will be called in...