Two doctors, neither of whom is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), have been arrested in the Western Cape and appeared in court, reports IOL.
Dr Rasheed Fareed Mahfouz, who appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody, was found practising as a locum “while erased from the HPCSA register in 2015 in terms of Section 42(1)(c) of the Health Professions Act”, said Christopher Tsatsawane, head of division for the HPCSA’s corporate affairs.
Mahfouz had been employed by a Dr Augustus, who has since been reported to HPCSA’s complaint-handling unit for misconduct.
In the second case, Ilunga Nzabadi, a Congolese national, was found practising in Stellenbosch.
“Dr Bholat, a registered practitioner, (had) employed Ilunga Nzabadi, who was arrested and taken to Stellenbosch SAPS for contravening Section 17(1) of the Health Professions Act,” Tsatsawane said, adding that Bholat has also been reported to the complaint-handling unit.
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