Partial court victory for former UCT neuropsychology students
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Cape Town - Two former UCT students who completed a two-year MA in Neuropsychology in 2013, but failed to be registered to practise as neuropsychologists, scored a partial victory when the Western Cape High Court gave them a month to amend their claim against the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and the Professional Board for Psychology (board).
The court ruled that Yvonne Gartner and Tarah Leigh Swanepoel had failed to set out the source or basis of the legal obligation on the board to create administrative procedures in order to register them as neuropsychologists.
Today, we pay glowing tribute to health workers across the country for their sacrifice, gallantry and professionalism even in the face of the challenging COVID-19 pandemic.
From the outset, I would like to place on record that the Government under the able leadership of His Excellency the President, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu has been working on addressing the plight of health workers in terms of recruitment, and settling of all outstanding staff debts.
The government has opened its doors to stakeholders in health service delivery hence championing dialogue and mutual understanding among workers.
To this effect, the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ), has engaged the government and demanded the following:
An investigation into the handling of a 2016 incident in which a noose was taped to an operating room door at a Grande Prairie hospital has concluded the move…
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NATIONAL NEWS - The Springs Magistrate’s Court has sentenced bogus cardiologist Sonnet-Mari Brand to two years in prison for running two practices and conducting home visits in Springs.
According to the Spings Advertiser, 36-year-old Brand pleaded guilty to all the charges against her.
Brand was arrested in October last year following information received by the SA Police Service’s Crime Intelligence Unit, working with the Health Professions Council of SA.
“The information was that she was registered with the council and subsequently that she was not a doctor or had any qualifications for what she claimed to be. Police information is that she was using someone else’s practice number,” Springs police spokesman Captain Johannes Ramphora said.
Edmonton fertility doctor took part in drug kickback scheme, overprescribed doses
An Edmonton fertility doctor admits he took part in a drug kickback scheme for more than two years and at times prescribed his patients higher doses of fertility drugs than was medically advised as part of the scheme.
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Posted: Apr 19, 2021 2:00 PM MT | Last Updated: April 19
Dr. Tarek Motan has admitted in a letter to fertility clinic patients that he took part in a drug kickback scheme for more than two years. He said the drugs were dispensed and sold at Glengarry Pharmacy in Edmonton, where he directed his patients.(Nathan Gross/CBC)